Æ16 - Commodus ΙΕΡΟϹ ΑΓΩΝ? ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Nicaea's civic bronze issues under Commodus frequently advertised the city's sacred games — the ΙΕΡΟϹ ΑΓΩΝ legend referencing athletic and musical competitions that Nicaea promoted aggressively against its perennial rival Nicomedia, both cities spending heavily on imperial-era festivals to secure prestige titles from Rome. The question mark on this attribution reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty about the legend reading, not unusual for small civic bronzes of this module where die wear and flan irregularities routinely obscure critical letters.