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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8117417, member: 57495&quot;]Fascinating!&nbsp; Very cool that the coin types are actually identifiable.&nbsp; Thanks for the writeup.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the late 4th century, contorniates are also believed to have served that purpose.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure about Commodus, but Nero was still a popular figure to citizens of Rome at the time.&nbsp; The contorniate below has Nero on one side and Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, on the other.&nbsp; Hard to know what to make of that particular pairing!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412809[/ATTACH]<b>ROME, circa late 4th century AD</b></p><p>AE Contorniate. 18.18g, 36mm. Rome, circa late 4th century AD. Alföldi, Kontorniat 200; Cohen VIII pg. 290, 129. O: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX, laureate head to right; engraved palm leaf before. R: Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, reclining left on couch, extending hand to serpent coiled at her knee.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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