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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4670093, member: 85693&quot;]A very interesting, and enlightening (and philosophical) discussion.&nbsp; These discoveries are always fun to read about - congrats, ewomack!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These things always send me back to my collection, and I found this, a Marcus Aurelius denarius with Concordia seated.&nbsp; I bought this off eBay and thought I was getting a Commodus, but the seller screwed up - he offered to make it right, but in the realm of $9 denarii, it hardly seems worth the effort to swap, refund, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I attributed this a couple years ago as RIC 37, but after seeing the complexity of what is involved in the coins of this era, my confidence has eroded.&nbsp; Pretty sure that&#039;s a &quot;head&quot; and not a &quot;bust.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151240[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(161-162 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / CONCORD AVG TR P XVI, COS III in ex, Concordia seated left holding patera, resting elbow on small statue of Spes, cornucopiae under seat.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>RIC 37; RSC 36.</p><p>(2.82 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for <i>The Meditations</i>, here&#039;s a photo of a 1701 London edition with a denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151241[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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