Septimius Severus, AE35 of Metropolis, Ionia. 193-211 AD. 27.69 gr. Kalthallos, magistrate. 

Obv: AV KA CE CEOYHROC AV, Laureate, draped and cuirassed 
bust right. 
Rev: EPI CTR KALQALLOU MHTROPOLEITWN, tetrastyle temple with arched architrave, within: Ares, standing left, holding spear 
and shield. 

Kraft pl. 76, 16d. Babelon, Inventaire sommaire 6332 corr. (under Metropolis in Phrygia). Price & Trell 436, fig. 370. 

Light smoothing in fields. Brown and green patina. Very Fine. (Estimate $800-1,000)

Kraft documents the use of this same obverse die on coins of 
Hypaepa, Magnesia, and Smyrna.

From the Estate of Cornelius C. Vermeule; ex CNG 53, March 2000, Lot 1086.

Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections
Auction date: 11 January 2010
Lot number: 270
Price realized: 425 USD + buyer's fees.

Courtesy of Stacks Ltd, June 2010.