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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2697274, member: 83845&quot;]Here are a few of mine:</p><p><b><u>Antoninus Pius</u></b></p><p>Among Roman Emperors I agree with many others who have posted here that Antoninus Pius had the most peaceful and stable reign.&nbsp; It was as good a time as any to be a Roman I would think.&nbsp; Even his name Pius means something like &quot;dutiful in affection&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe he got it from seeing to Hadrian&#039;s deification, maybe from his relations with the senate, maybe from the care he showed to his family or maybe all the above.&nbsp; Anyway here is my newest example <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]606292[/ATTACH]</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: Aequitas standing left, holding scales and <i>pertica</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]606297[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius</p><p><b><u>Trajan</u></b></p><p>However, I also think it is fair to realize that Antoninus Pius would not have been able to enjoy such a peaceful reign without the previous efforts of Trajan and Hadrian, particularly Trajan.&nbsp; Trajan in particular had a reputation for fairness and moderation and was pretty unanimously loved by ancient historians, even contemporary ones.&nbsp; Cassius Dio writes that “his association with the people was marked by affability and his intercourse with the senate by dignity, so that he was loved by all and dreaded by none save the enemy.&quot;&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t want to be a Dacian or a Parthian then though...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]606299[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan&#039;s column</p><p><b><u>Pericles</u></b></p><p>He is not on a coin but an honorable mention from Greek history is Pericles.&nbsp; He gets a lot of criticism for his role in the lead up to the Peloponnesian War and his unsuccessful strategy in it but he seems to have genuinely cared about the welfare of his people.&nbsp; His whole war strategy seems to have been centered around losing as few Athenian soldiers as possible.&nbsp; When he was dying of plague on his deathbed he told his friends that the thing he was most proud of was that &quot;no living Athenian ever put on mourning because of me.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]606317[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cool thread [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: correction.&nbsp; Pericles is on a modern Greek coin.&nbsp; I know he wasn&#039;t on any lifetime coin issues and I don&#039;t think on any later ancient coins after he died?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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