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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 5615013, member: 84744&quot;]I had a sneak preview of this, and I think it&#039;s just spectacular.&nbsp; A beautiful example with a neat reverse type.&nbsp; I wish you luck in securing a companion proto-contorniate.&nbsp; Bonus points if it&#039;s a Nero, like this example from Triton XVII:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242110[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The closest thing I have (not very close) is this medallion of Severus Alexander, likely a New Year&#039;s issue for his third consulship:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242112[/ATTACH]</p><p>The contorniates might be a successor to the Imperial tradition of New Year&#039;s medallions given out by the emperor in Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Could be thinking of lead casts of medallions, which were apparently made at least starting in the Renaissance, and possibly even in ancient times.&nbsp; (There are also rare examples of struck lead medallions that may be ancient test strikes.)&nbsp; Here&#039;s my example, a cast one with some patination, but it could just be 19th century:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242115[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Side-note: both medallion photos were quickie cell phone shots (iPhone XS) that I did just now in a few minutes.&nbsp; This phone continues to impress me with its results sometimes!&nbsp; Maybe I should ditch the DSLR??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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