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Gold Cufflinks Featuring Roman Silver Coins of Emperor Marcus Aurelius - FJ.5701
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 161
AD
to 180
AD
Collection: Jewelry
Medium: Silver and Gold
$2,500.00
Location: United States
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These genuine ancient coins have been
mounted in
a pair of modern 18 karat gold cufflinks.
More than money, coins are symbols of the
state
that struck them. Currency represents a
specific
time and place, whether products of the age
we live
in today or an artifact of a long forgotten
empire.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the Emperor
of
Rome from 161 until his death in 180 A.D.
Born
Marcus Annius Verus, he was adopted by the
emperor Antoninus Pius in 138, and married
his
daughter Annia Galeria Faustina a few years
later.
He succeeded to the throne without difficulty
on
Antoninus' death. Marcus Aurelius was
educated by
the best tutors in Rome and was a devotee
of
Stoicism. However, he felt with more
religious
fervor the communion of man in the unity of
the
universe than most other Stoics. In his later
years,
he wrote the Meditations as a relief from his
lonely
office, in which he attempts to reconcile his
Stoic
philosophy of virtue and self-sacrifice with
his role
as emperor.
The glories of antiquity shine again with
renewed
brilliance and luster. Marcus Aurelius is one
of the
most recognizable Roman Emperors, famed
for his
equestrian statue still standing on the
Capitoline Hill
in Rome today. When wearing this gorgeous
pair of
cufflinks, the past literally comes alive.
These
ancient coins are not a relic of the past
displayed
behind glass in a museum; but mounted in
these
cufflinks, they become a stunning
centerpiece
appreciated for their age as much as their
beauty
and superior craftsmanship.
- (FJ.5701)
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