Severus Alexander, AE30 of Sestos, Thrace, AD 222-235. 13.49 gr.

AY K M AY ALEXANDROC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
CHCTIWN, Leander accompanied by Eros with torch, swimming 
right, crossing the Hellespont (Dardanelles), bust of Hero 
on top of light tower of Sestos facing left, holding oil 
lamp in her outstretched right hand.

Varbanov 2987.

With permission of Gorny & Mosch, Oct. 2003.