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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4871501, member: 96898"]Ditto. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who had this thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin below is neither my most expensive nor my rarest nor my best-preserved denarius. But amongst all my Roman silver coins, this youthful portrait of everyone's favorite philosopher prince probably is the one that I treasure most:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176403[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4871501, member: 96898"]Ditto. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who had this thought. The coin below is neither my most expensive nor my rarest nor my best-preserved denarius. But amongst all my Roman silver coins, this youthful portrait of everyone's favorite philosopher prince probably is the one that I treasure most: [ATTACH=full]1176403[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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