MESSENIA. Pylus. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Assarion (Bronze, 24 mm, 10.92 g, 1 h). [...] Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. ΠΥΛΙΩΝ Aphrodite standing right, holding long scepter in right hand and apple in left; in right field, uncertain object, perhaps a wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 816, otherwise unpublished. The second and finest known. Very fine.