TROAS, Abydus. Septimius Severus. Æ Medallic 8 Assaria (21.99 gm). AV KAI 
      L CEP[T]I[M]IO[C] CEOVHPOC PEPTIN, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust 
      right / [...FA(?)] PROKL, ABV­HNW/N in two lines in exergue, Alexander III in full armor standing three-quarter right at prow 
of galley right entering a harbor, holding spear in left hand, 
looking back and extending his right hand in supplication; two 
soldiers behind him, bust of Athena on acrostolium of Alexander's 
galley and another on the one behind, Athena seated right on a 
third galley; in high tower behind, herald blowing trumpet. 
Price and Trell pg. 221, fig. 486 (Paris); I. Vecchi, "Alexander 
the Great at Troy," Minerva 12/4 (July/August 2001), pg. 56 (this 
coin). EF, dark green patina. 
Extremely rare, the finest known of just two specimens. ($15,000) 

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1716.
 
 Lot sold for $12,000, plus buyers fees.

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