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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 4263294, member: 87200&quot;]No big bronze but here&#039;s an Alexandrian tet. Also, for all his philosophical musings Marcus Aurelius failed to &quot;adopt&quot; a man of high standing and abilities as his successor, instead leaving his position to Commodus. Thus, it was the end of the period of the five &quot;good&quot; emperors. We all know what happened next. Chaos, followed by the somewhat destructive &quot;meh&quot; reigns of the Severan dynasty for the next 45 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>As Gibbon says:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>&quot;If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus (180-192. A.D.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 11.06 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: M AVΡ KOMMO ANTΩNINOC CE, Laureate bust of Commodus right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: VΠAT OCTOΔ, Zeus seated left, holding scepter and thunderbolt, K theta in field</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Emmett 2567</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086180[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086181[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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