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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2453566, member: 57495"]One of my favorite quotes of his...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And some of my favorite MA coins...</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]512890[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AE Diassarion. 10.44g, 26mm, THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 139-161. Varbanov 805. O: Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟC ΟVΗΡΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right, with neat beard. R: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Apollo, nude, standing left, holding a phiale in his right hand and his bow in his left.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512891[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 29.44g, 31mm, Rome mint, AD 173. RIC 1075; Cohen 535. O: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right. R: IMP VI - COS III, Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse, within a tetrastyle temple with telamons as columns; semicircular pediment containing, from left to right, tortoise, cockerel, ram, winged helmet, caduceus, and purse; S - C in field, RELIG AVG in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512892[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.29g, 19mm. Rome mint, 177 AD. RIC 363; MIR 18, 368-4/30; RSC 156. O: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head right. R: TR P XXXI IMP XIII COS III P P, pile of arms, DE GERM in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2453566, member: 57495"]One of my favorite quotes of his... [I]"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."[/I] And some of my favorite MA coins... [I] [ATTACH=full]512890[/ATTACH][/I] [B]MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AE Diassarion. 10.44g, 26mm, THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 139-161. Varbanov 805. O: Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟC ΟVΗΡΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right, with neat beard. R: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Apollo, nude, standing left, holding a phiale in his right hand and his bow in his left. [ATTACH=full]512891[/ATTACH] [B]MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AE Sestertius. 29.44g, 31mm, Rome mint, AD 173. RIC 1075; Cohen 535. O: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right. R: IMP VI - COS III, Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse, within a tetrastyle temple with telamons as columns; semicircular pediment containing, from left to right, tortoise, cockerel, ram, winged helmet, caduceus, and purse; S - C in field, RELIG AVG in exergue. [ATTACH=full]512892[/ATTACH] [B]MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AR Denarius. 3.29g, 19mm. Rome mint, 177 AD. RIC 363; MIR 18, 368-4/30; RSC 156. O: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head right. R: TR P XXXI IMP XIII COS III P P, pile of arms, DE GERM in exergue.[/QUOTE]
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