Slovakia 2012 Europa 2012. Ancient Roman Silver Plate
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 4th May 2012
- one value in a sheetlet of eight stamps and four labels
- Designed by: Peter Augustovič
- Printed by: Postal Printing House, Prague
- Print process: lithography
- stamp format height 26mm x width 45mm, width stamp and label combined 66mm
- Perforations: 11.8 x 11.2
0.90€ ~ detail from embossed Roman silver plate of 2nd century AD depicting the journey of Lucius Junius Brutus (in a carriage) and his cousins the sons of King Tarquinius Superbus to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi in 509BC
- the journey made is considered to represent 'Tourism' thus matching the Europa topic for 2012
It is supposed that the plate would have been brought as a gift by Roman visitors to the Germanic tribes inhabiting the area of Stráže near Krakovany, where it was discovered in clay deposits in the 1930s
