Ancient Roman, Empire Silver Coin pendant - Emperor Marcus Aurelius (No reserve price)

Silver pendant with a denarius of Marcus Aurelius, its secrets for staying calm amidst chaos.

Pay attention, because they are written in his literary work 'Meditaciones'; twelve books with themes such as creation, the cosmos, the human condition, life, as well as death, ethics, and values, which, due to their wisdom and philosophical depth, have influenced figures throughout history such as King Philip II of Spain, in whose empire the sun never set.

If fame comes after death, I am not in a hurry to achieve it.

Marco Aurelio.

Seriously, 'Marcus Aurelius Antoninus' (121–180 AD) still leaves a mark two thousand years later, with philosophical reflections that the Roman emperor wrote in Greek during the last ten years of his life, where he collected ideas about integrity, tolerance, and acceptance of what you cannot control.

Receive without pride, detach yourself, without attachment.

Marco Aurelio.

Note that he was the last of the 'Five Good Emperors' who, together with Lucius Verus, led the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD into its golden age (Pax Romana), with its maximum territorial expansion from the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of the Caspian and Red Seas, and also from the Sahara to the borders of Caledonia in the North.

And of course, the economic splendor evidenced by this denarius minted around 176 A.D. at the Rome mint, which, as you see on its Obverse, features the laureate head of the emperor facing right, with the inscription: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM.


Meanwhile, on the reverse, the goddess Roma, with helmet, draped, seated to the left, holding Victoria in her right hand, extended, and a vertical lance in her left. Legend: TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III P P.

In conclusion, fortune and territory that Marcus Aurelius bequeathed to his son Commodus in 180 AD marked the end of the Antonine dynasty, as well as offering wisdom for those who approach his work and Stoic philosophy, which leaves phrases like this:

Perfection of character is: living each day as if it were your last, without rushing, without apathy, without pretensions.

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