This spectacular coin is set in and 18-karat gold pendant. To wear this unique pendant is to adorn oneself with more than a mere beauty: it is to wear history as well. In the proud and hopeful face of the young emperor we read optimism for the future that mankind has never lost in all the centuries since Rome ruled the world. By linking ourselves with the past—with ancient lives unknown but distinctly real—we affirm our own faith in the continuity of the human race.