Æ14 - Septimius Severus COL AVG TRO

Alexandria Troas held colonial status granted under Augustus, and that distinction — reflected in the COL AVG TRO legend — gave the city the right to strike its own bronze coinage, a privilege jealously maintained through the Severan period. Septimius Severus, who secured power after the chaotic Year of the Four Emperors in 193, was broadly supportive of cities that had backed the right side; Alexandria Troas had long cultivated imperial favor and continued producing civic bronzes without interruption through his reign.

At 14mm and under 2 grams, this is among the smallest denominational output from the Troad region's colonial mints.