Depicts a composition of the vestiges of the ancient city of Pompeii, surrounded by the country name. Name of the author below.

Pompeii was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Largely preserved under the ash, the excavated city offered a unique snapshot of Roman life, frozen at the moment it was buried. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were interred in the ash. The numerous graffiti carved on the walls and inside rooms provide a wealth of examples of the largely lost Vulgar Latin spoken colloquially at the time, contrasting with the formal language of the classical writers.

Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors annually.

Depicts a detail of the fresco in the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii, showing a garden, with a jay and flowering plants. In the field at left the date, while at right the mintmark (R) and the value on two lines.