Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander)
Reverse description
Cybele seated on throne, left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion, left
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡΩ ΑϹΙ Γ ΝΕΩΚ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒ ΕΠ Ϲ
ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΥ (Translation: of the Smyrnaeans, first of Asia, thrice neocorate, of the Augusti, under strategos Polites)