Septimius Severus AE of Sestos, Thrace, 7.44 gr.

AYK CE CEOHROC, 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. 

Loebbeke 10 in ZfN 1883, otherwise unpublished. 

Ex Sternberg auction 1974, lot 147.
With permission of Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, June 2014.