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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 68371, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Last of the Five Good Emperors</b></p><p><br /></p><p>If you still need help with the inscription, just say so. The letters are hard to make out on your scan, but you have the advantage of holding the coin and tipping it with the light.&nbsp; ONIVS AVG (Antonius Aug) seems to be legible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; He wrote a book, Medititations, which is widely available in paperback translation.&nbsp; It runs about 150 pages, depending on the typesetting.&nbsp; He espoused STOICISM.&nbsp; He is generally regarded well by historians for being the Last of the Five Good Emperors.&nbsp; After his death, Pax Romana came to an end.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Catholic Encyclopedia </i> goes into some detail about his reign and I cite that source because it underscores how broadly he is liked by history.</p><p><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In the movie <i>Fall of the Roman Empire</i> (1964) with Sophia Loren, James Mason. Christopher Plummer, Omar Sharif, and many others, the part of Marcus Aurelius was played by Sir Alec Guiness.&nbsp; Guiness, of course, played Obi Wan Kinobi in Star Wars 4, 5, 6, and I believe that he played both men the same. The Roman emperor was a philosopher warrior, as the Catholics say, &quot;one of the best men of heathen antiquity.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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