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Valerian AE26 of Metropolis, Ionia, AD 253-260. 6.65 g. Magistrate Val. Nikias. AYT K POP LIKI OYALERIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, uncertain circular countermark on cheek. EP CTR OYA NEIKIA PR TO B MHTROPOLEITWN (TR, PR and TO ligate) around and beneath prize crown inscribed CE KAICAREA, containing two palm branches. SNG Tuebingen 2985 With permission of Numismatik Naumann Auction 39, Lot 595, Jan 2016.