As we hold an ancient coin today, we are aware of the touch of other hands, other lives, from long ago. This splendid denarius bears the portrait of Tiberius, emperor during Christ’s ministry and crucifixion. It was just such a coin that Jesus must have held when he said, "render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and unto god what is god's". We can never know these things for certain, but to wear such a treasure today is to cross the bridge of time, and to touch a vanished world in an intimate way.