AEOLIS. Cyme. Valerian I, 253-260. Tetrassarion (?) (Orichalcum, 29 mm, 9.96 g, 6 h), Elpidephoros, strategos. •A•K•Π•ΛΙ•OYAΛЄPIANOC• Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I to right, seen from behind. Rev. ЄΠI C•AYP•ЄΛΠIΔHΦOPOY• - KYMAIΩN• Naked athlete, carrying prize crown over his head, standing on a rectangular gymnasion with central palaestra, facing portico and two high pylons. Price-Trell -, cf. fig. 20 var. (Gordian III). SNG Copenhagen 154 (same dies). SNG von Aulock -. Extremely rare. A wonderful architectural type of great historical interest. Very minor smoothing, otherwise, good very fine.