Long ago empires that were peopled by both gods and men; legendary figures who, draped in pure white, mingled among marble pillars, or clad in battle dress conquered vast territories from the British Isles to India. These distant warriors, philosophers, mathematicians, statesmen and politicians live on in our memories of long-ago school day lessons as people who created much of the modern world we live in… and that they did.
But these ancient ancestors were real people – people who created one of the most enduring cultures ever known. And these precious coins are ambassadors... ambassadors of a world once so removed, and yet so much a part of our every day.
