# The Straight Dope mentioned on I09

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 12, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-mentioned-on-i09/668671 "2013-09-12T16:11:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-mentioned-on-i09/668671/1 "2013-09-12T16:11:23Z")

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Found [this article](http://io9.com/ancient-roman-coins-depict-sundry-sexual-acts-but-what-1277370698) on smutty Roman coins called spintrae whose research apparently consisted in large part of reading Cecil’s column "[Pay for Play](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2355/pay-for-play).

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-mentioned-on-i09/668671/2 "2013-09-12T21:02:25Z")

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I loved some of the comments:p Hm, sex pogs or challenge coins for legionaries 😃