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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3937680, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks for the writeup, RC!</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve shown these two often, the first one adds to the horse the herdsman Ordes, who plays a part in the local legend of Apollo Smintheus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-alexander-troas-2017-new-jpg.885426/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SEVERUS ALEXANDER</b></p><p>AE24. 6.97g, 24.6mm. TROAS, Alexandria Troas, 222-235 AD. RPC Online temp #3994; cf. Bellinger A338 (obv A338, rev A225 Type 44). O: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust left, holding spear &amp; shield decorated with head of Medusa. R: COL AVG, horse grazing right, herdsman (Ordes) behind holding pedum (shepherd&#039;s crook), tree to left, TROAC in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-alexandria-troas-drunken-herakles-jpg.885428/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>SEVERUS ALEXANDER</b></p><p>AE25. 6.37g, 25mm. TROAS, Alexandria Troas, circa AD 222-235. RPC Online temp #3987 var. (obv legend); Bellinger A335. O: IM AR ƧE AΛEXANDROS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: COL AV-G TROA, drunken Herakles stumbling right, an arm around the shoulder of Pan to his right, a satyr on his left holding his hand and another behind him supporting (or restraining) him with both arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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