TROAS, Alexandria. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ 23mm (7.12 g). SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL AV[C] TROAD (D retrograde), horse grazing right; behind, herdsman, who holds a pedum in his right hand and pointing with his left standing right and leaning slightly forward; tree to left. Cf. Bellinger,
Troy A244/A225 (obv./rev.; same obv. die); BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. An upublished reverse for Severus from this city.
