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The Aztec Sun Stone is one of the most recognizable and symbolically rich images in all of human history, and its appearance on precious metals rounds has made it a perennially popular choice for collectors drawn to ancient civilizations, sacred geometry, and the deep cultural heritage of Mesoamerica. Rendered in fine silver, gold, or copper, Sun Stone rounds capture the extraordinary intricacy of the original carving with impressive fidelity. For collectors, a well-struck Sun Stone round is simultaneously a sound precious metals investment and a small, holdable window into one of the greatest civilizations the ancient world produced. Now, 1/4 oz SilverTowne Aztec Calendar Silver Rounds are available online at Bullion Metals.

Rounds arrive in plastic flips or protective tubes of 30 rounds!Replicates the intricate details of the Aztec Calendar Stone!Made in America!Struck by SilverTowne Mint!Contains 1/4 troy oz of .999 pure silver.Obverse features the Calendar Stone, also known as the Sun Stone.Reverse includes a bust of Emperor Cuauhtemoc.

Rounds arrive in plastic flips or protective tubes of 30 rounds!

Replicates the intricate details of the Aztec Calendar Stone!

Contains 1/4 troy oz of .999 pure silver.

Obverse features the Calendar Stone, also known as the Sun Stone.

Reverse includes a bust of Emperor Cuauhtemoc.

These 1/4 oz SilverTowne Aztec Calendar Silver Rounds are part of an impressive new range of Calendar Stone bullion pieces from SilverTowne. In addition to this weight, there are four other silver rounds, a copper round, and silver bar options available. Each 1/4 oz silver round is available in either a plastic flip or a protective tube of 30 rounds.

In the obverse design of SilverTowne Aztec Calendar Silver Rounds, you will see the details of the famous Sun Stone. The Aztec Sun Stone is a masterwork of sacred art and cosmological symbolism, carved from a single massive basalt disk. At its center is the face of Tonatiuh, the Aztec sun god, his tongue extended in the form of a sacrificial obsidian blade. Surrounding Tonatiuh are four rectangular panels representing the four previous suns or world ages of Aztec cosmology, encircled in turn by the twenty named days of the Aztec ritual calendar, then rings of jade and turquoise glyphs, star symbols, solar rays, and finally two great fire serpents whose bodies frame the entire composition.

For the reverse of 1/4 oz Aztec Calendar Silver Rounds, the design features a right-profile effigy of Emperor Cuauhtemoc. Chosen to lead the Aztec Empire in 1520, he was the last tlatoani (ruler) of the empire and the nephew of Moctezuma II. As the Spanish under Hernan Cortes pressed to topple the empire, Cuauhtemoc mounted a fevered defense of the capital, Tenochtitlan, that was eventually unsuccessful. He was captured by the Spanish in August 1521 and later executed by Cortes in 1525.

The Aztec Calendar Stone is made all the more impressive by the fact that it is carved into a single piece of basalt. The rock is approximately 12 feet in diameter and weighs nearly 25 tons. The result of the Aztecs’ incredible skill is a single carved object that functions simultaneously as a religious monument, a cosmological diagram, and a calendrical system. It is a breathtaking synthesis of art, science, and spiritual belief that ranks among the supreme achievements of pre-Columbian civilization.