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Valerian AE39 of Thyateira, Lydia, AD 253-260. Magistrate Octa. Artemidoros. 15.24 g. AYT K P LIK OYALERIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. EPI C OKT ARTEMIDWROY QYATEIRHNWN, AYGOYCTEIA PYQIA ADRIANA OLYMPIA above, around and beneath agonistic table, seen in perspective, surmounted by two prize crowns each containing one palm branch, an amphora and two palm branches beneath the table. Paris 1561; Mionnet IV, 1010 corr ("PYQIA" overlooked); Mionnet IV, 1011; SNG Munich 688; Kraft pl. 47.68; Banduri Valerian 114. With permission of Leu Numismatik, Auction 6, lot 556, Dec. 2018.