Severus Alexander AE29 of Hierapolis, Phrygia, as Caesar 
under Elagabalus (AD 221-222). 12.5g.

Obv: M AV ALEXANDROC KAIC, bare-headed, drapd bust right. 
Countermark of Mên and PA beneath chin (Howgego 278).
Rev: IERAPOL-EI-TWN NE around, WKORWN below. AKTIA above. Prize crown (or urn).

Andrea June Armstrong, "Roman Phrygia: Cities and their Coinage", 131.

Contributed by David Lowe, July 2014.