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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4956138, member: 57495&quot;]Great-looking sestertius, Ryro! </p><p><br /></p><p>Random meditation of the day (Gregory Hays translation):</p><p><br /></p><p><i>“Pointless bustling of processions, opera arias, herds of sheep and cattle, military exercises. A bone flung to pet poodles, a little food in the fish tank. The miserable servitude of ants, scampering of frightened mice, puppets jerked on strings. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Surrounded as we are by all of this, we need to practice acceptance. Without disdain. But remembering that our own worth is measured by what we devote our energy to.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-relig-avg-c-jpg.1134882/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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