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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8131292, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks!&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the standard reference for these, Andreas Alföldi&#039;s <i>Die Kontorniat-Medaillons, </i>but I understand it was he who came up with the theory that the contorniates were commissioned by Rome&#039;s pagan elite in the later part of the 4th century to serve as New Year&#039;s gifts.&nbsp; Not everyone agrees, and there&#039;s a <a href="https://www.academia.edu/41658957/_Using_and_reusing_tokens_Some_remarks_about_Christian_graffiti_on_contorniates_in_A_Cris%C3%A0_M_Gkikaki_and_C_Rowan_eds_Tokens_Culture_Connections_Communities_Royal_Numismatic_Society_Special_Publication_no_57_London_2019_pp_145_161_ISBN_0_901405_35_3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/41658957/_Using_and_reusing_tokens_Some_remarks_about_Christian_graffiti_on_contorniates_in_A_Cris%C3%A0_M_Gkikaki_and_C_Rowan_eds_Tokens_Culture_Connections_Communities_Royal_Numismatic_Society_Special_Publication_no_57_London_2019_pp_145_161_ISBN_0_901405_35_3" rel="nofollow">good article</a> available on Academia.edu that studies Christian symbols and graffiti that have been found on contorniates.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My best guess... drugs.&nbsp; Or aliens.&nbsp; Or aliens on drugs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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