Valerian, AE31 of Sardes, Lydia, AD 253-260. Alliance issue with Hierapolis, Phrygia.

AY K POY LIK OYALERIANOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
IERAPOLEITWN KE CARDIANWN NEOKORWN OMONOYA, Apollo on 
the left, standing right, holding lyre in left arm, 
facing cult image of Kore, wearing polos surmounted by crescent, and veil, between a poppy on the left and a 
corn-ear on the right.

SNG von Aulock 3668; Waddington 6184; Berlin 234; Weber 1d 
in JIAN 1912; Franke-Nollé, Homonoia 848; Lindgren III 596; 
SNG Tuebingen 4054; GRPC Lydia 716.

Contributed by John Aiello, May 2019.