Septimius Severus, AE38 of Abydos, Troas. AD 193-211. Magistrate Faba. Proklos (or Fl. Ba ?). 23.74 g.

AY KAI L CEPTIMIOC CEOYHROC PERTIN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
EPI ARX FABA PROKLOY ABYDHN, Leander swimming right, towards Hero standing left on top of a tower, holding a lamp, three fish below.

BMC 60 corr (N of city name overlooked); Rhousopoulos 3389 corr. ("Lucius Verus"); Niggeler I 610; Signorelli III 662.

With permission of Hess-Divo AG auction 308, lot 97, Oct. 2007.