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,...
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.