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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3265500, member: 103829&quot;]<b>Some extremely rare coins of Nikopolis</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus, AD 177-192</p><p>struck 184/185 (Curtis Clay)</p><p>AE 29, 15.01g, 29.46mm, 210°</p><p>struck under hegemon Claudius Attalus</p><p>obv. AVT KAI M AV[R] - KOMODOC</p><p>bust, cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>rev. HGE KL ATTALOV N - IKOPOL / PROC I</p><p>Zeus, wearing himation, std. l., holding sceptre in l. hand and patera in r.</p><p>hand; l. before him the eagle</p><p>ref. a) not in AMNG</p><p>b) Varbanov (engl.) 4302 corr. (this coin!, listed in error under Nikopolis ad Nestum and as&nbsp; AE23)</p><p>c) not in RPC online</p><p>d) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.10.1.1 (this coin!)</p><p>extremely rare (only 2 specimens known, Curtis Clay has the other one), VF, not published in major works</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860084[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius Attalus is known from coins of Pautalia. He is mentioned by Cassius Dio. He was killed by Elagabal because he was fallen in disgrace with Elagabal&#039;s favourite Comazon, prefect of the Praetorian Guard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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