Septimius Severus, AE 43-46 medallion of Thyateira, Lydia. AD 193-211. 42.92 g. Magistrate Asiaticus Hermogenes

AYT KAI L CEP CEOYHROC PER, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
EPI CTRA ACIATIKOY ERMOGENOYC, QYATEIRHNWN in two lines 
below, Hephaestus seated right on wreathed cippus, putting 
finishing touches wth hammer on a Corinthian helmet set on 
low column, while Athena, standing left and holding spear 
and shield, touches the top of the column.

Waddington 7067; Burstein Coll. 738.

With permission of cngcoins.com, auction 90, Lot 1011, May 2012.