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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 95235, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Meditiations</b></p><p><br /></p><p>... that said, these ancients were more reasonable.&nbsp; First, a sesterius of Marcus Aurelius for $20.&nbsp; Marcus Aurelius was the Last of the Five Good Emperors, also called &quot;The Philosopher Emperor&quot; for his book, Meditations.&nbsp; In the 1960s movie, Fall of the Roman Empire, he was played by Sir Alec Guiness who later played Obi Wan Kinobi.&nbsp; Guiness played both parts the same: the warrior-philosopher.</p><p><br /></p><p>After that, a quinarius of Cato the Younger for $45.&nbsp; I actually have two quinarii from Cato the Younger.&nbsp; I like the guy because he was one of the last Republicans to stand up to Julius Caesar.&nbsp; Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis) died in Utica.&nbsp; His suicide rather than surrender was a symbol to later Church writers.&nbsp; His death is also why several towns in America are named Utica.&nbsp; Cato&#039;s name was also taken as a nome de guerre by other Radical Republicans in various revolutions, most recently by the libertarian thinktank in Washington DC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The big bronze is the diameter of half dollar and twice as thick.</p><p>The little silver coin is half the diameter of a dime and as thin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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