To wear this ring is to touch—in some
small but
very real way—the classical past. We
recognize
that the men and women who ruled Rome
were
human just like us, subject to
passions, desires,
ambitions and sometimes vision for the
future.
This ancient coin with its uncertain
history
becomes a splendid token of what is
enduring
and vital in human nature.
- (FJ.1783)