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    Everything In Ancient Rome Was Sexy, Even The Coins

    By Brian FairbanksMarch 18th, 2010, 8:53 amComments (2)

    Wed, 9:50pm Central Time: Scanner Brian is at the premiere of "Get Low," with Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek and cannot really function well enough to write up some pointless text to caption these pictures, especially since he and Murray are going to Motorhead now, so you'll just have to enjoy the photos and a quote from the original piece. "Deal," he says.

    According to this website, these coins are from the 1st Century BC, which is the last time Scanner Brian probably got laid.

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    "They had lesbians back then?" says Murray, "I thought it was just queers. Now hand me that beer, kid."

    Via.

    Commentarium (2 Comments)

    Mar 18 10 - 9:45am
    letsgomathias

    this is how they should save the penny! just put dirty pics on them

    Reply
    Mar 18 10 - 2:37pm
    Meh

    The main reason for putting any sort of image on a coin is to make it difficult to counterfeit. The main requirement is complexity, the content matters not.

    Reply