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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientone, post: 2453473, member: 71599&quot;]How about a minor tribute to the greatest Stoic philosopher Emperor on the planet? </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Soon you&#039;ll be ashes or bones. A mere name at most—and even that is just a sound, an echo. The things we want in life are empty, stale, trivial; except coins.&quot; -Marcus Aurelius</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Share your coins of Marcus Aurelius.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512838[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thrace, Bizya. Marcus Aurelius AE25. </b></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, AE25 of Bizya, Thrace. </p><p>Obv: M AVRHLIOCOV HROC KAICAP, bare head right.</p><p>Rev: BIZY HNWN, Herakles standing facing, head r. holding club on ground and lionskin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512839[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ionia, Smyrna. Marcus Aurelius AE32. Alliance with Laodicea in Phrygia. </b></p><p>Obv: AY K M AY ANTWNINOC, Bust of Marcus Aurelius r., laur., wearing cuirass and paludementum.</p><p>Rev: ATTALOCCOFICTHCTAICPATPICI CMVP LAOD, Zeus Laodikeus holding eagle and scepter, Nemeses before him standing face to face.</p><p>32mm., 20g.</p><p>BMC 514</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512842[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macedon, Dium. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24 </b></p><p>Macedon, Dium. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24 (12.55 gm). </p><p>Obv: Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: Athena standing holding patera and spear.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512854[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Judaea, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Marcus Aurelius AE24&nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv: Laureate bust of Aurelius right,</p><p>Rev: Commodus on horseback right, raising right hand.</p><p>161-180 CE. Æ25, 10.4g.</p><p>Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 60, BMC 57</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]512855[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Achaea. Zacynthus, Island off Elis. Marcus Aurelius AE20. Pan with infant Dionysus </b></p><p>Zacynthus; Achaea; Peleponnessus (District: Zacynthus). Date 161–180. Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, r. Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ ΑΥ</p><p>Reverse design Pan standing, r., nebris over shoulders, holding bunch of grapes and infant Dionysus</p><p>Reverse inscription ΖΑΚΥΝΘΙΩΝ</p><p>BMC 93-4</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512856[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cilicia, Irenopolis. Marcus Aurelius &amp; Faustina II AE28&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, with Faustina Junior, 161-169 AD. AE28. </p><p>Dated CY 119 (AD 170/1). </p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Aurelius right.</p><p>Rev: Draped bust of Faustina right; Θ-IP (date)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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