are those two dudes? hot.

This is a spintria. They were used in ancient Rome to request and pay for different “services” in brothels and from prostitutes on the street. Since there were a lot of foreigners coming to the city that did not speak the language and most of the prostitutes were slaves captured from other places the coins made the transactions easy and efficient. One side of these coins showed what the buyer wanted and the other showed the amount of money to be paid for the act.

He's clearly just eating a burrito in the foreground.

Howard Cosell and Christopher Walken?

dang! Is he really smoking that guy's pickle? Or just playing it a song with his flute?

Maybe he was a sculptor and this was an early Fail Blog entry.

Oh Valentine's Day coupons.

History's first recorded “Good for one blowjob” ticket.

Notice that they both have penises. Those romans were so progressive.  Although, I read that they considered the genitals dirty and the mouth clean, so they always did anal, which makes me question just where this is from.

Was this REAL currency? or more of an “I.O.U.” type thing?