442, Lot: 683. Estimate $200. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Metropolis. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (32mm, 16.39 g, 6h). AVT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · OVAΛEPIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / E(ΠI) · CTP · AVP · · EVΠOP(OV) B ·, MHTPOΠOΛ/·ЄITΩN in exergue, tetrastyle temple, within which is cult statue of Ares holding spear and shield. BMC –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; Mionnet IV, p. 339, 835 (Metropolis in Phrygia). VF, green-brown surfaces. Rare.

Ex Mūnzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 502; Waddell I (9 December 1982), lot 208.