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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7819325, member: 19463&quot;]We each will see the matter in different ways.&nbsp; Herodotus related an interaction between Solon, the wise man, and Croesus, the rich king.&nbsp; Croesus believed his wealth made him the happiest of all men.&nbsp;&nbsp; Solon pointed out that a life can not be judged truly happy until the circumstances of its end is known.&nbsp; We all will die someday.&nbsp; Honoring Thanatos might be a way of praying that our torches be extinguished happily.&nbsp; Recently the news has been filled with stories of people who lost their lives in terrible fires where they watched their families burn.&nbsp; Others have died alone in quarantine separated from their families by Covid.&nbsp; The coin shows a wish for a death that brings the inevitable termination without the suffering we all have seen in someone we knew.&nbsp; To me, this is a reasonable type for a coin.&nbsp; The modern &#039;death&#039; coin would not feature a skull and crossbones but might show the scene from &#039;This is Us&#039; where the mother, surrounded by all who love her, winds down like an old clock.&nbsp; &#039;That&#039; you will die is a given fact; &#039;how&#039; remains to be determined.&nbsp; I believe the ancients were more aware of this than many are today.</p><p><br /></p><p>What was Caracalla asking with this one?&nbsp; Who did he wish would have an easy and timely death?&nbsp; Father? Brother? Himself???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1343894[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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