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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3231555, member: 87200"]Gee which one to show - I have accumulated a gaggle of them since last year when I started collecting these wonders of Roman Egypt. I think I'll pick a drachm of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar...</p><p><br /></p><p>Type: AE Drachm struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 33mm, 22.95 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Bare headed and draped bust of Aurelius right</p><p>M AVPHLIOC KAICAP</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpis" rel="nofollow">Elpis</a> Standing left holding flower and hitching skirt</p><p>LEND EKATOV</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: BMC 1238 listed as "rare" by R.A. Numismatics, and "rare" according to the Emmett catalog. One of my favorite quotes of Marcus:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><i>Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>[ATTACH=full]843983[/ATTACH] </i></i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3231555, member: 87200"]Gee which one to show - I have accumulated a gaggle of them since last year when I started collecting these wonders of Roman Egypt. I think I'll pick a drachm of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar... Type: AE Drachm struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 33mm, 22.95 grams Obverse: Bare headed and draped bust of Aurelius right M AVPHLIOC KAICAP Reverse: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpis']Elpis[/URL] Standing left holding flower and hitching skirt LEND EKATOV Reference: BMC 1238 listed as "rare" by R.A. Numismatics, and "rare" according to the Emmett catalog. One of my favorite quotes of Marcus: [I]When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. [I]Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. [I]Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.[/I][/I][/I] [I][I][I] [ATTACH=full]843983[/ATTACH] [/I][/I][/I][/QUOTE]
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