Description: Troas, Alexandria, Severus Alexander (222 - 235 AD). AV S ALEXANDRV; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL•AL•AVG•TROA; Apollo standing left, foot on pedestal, branch in right hand.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 6,86 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: not listed for S.Alexander, cf. Bellinger A327 (obverse), SNG Cop 148 var. (reverse for Elagabalus)

Commentary: rare; light brown patina

History: The city was first known as Sigeia, before Antigonos named it Antigonia Troas, and Lysimachus, only a couple of years later, gave it the final name.

Article Number: 051-05-08-41652