Samos in Ionia, Valerian I, 253-260 AD., 6 Assaria, BMC 369 var. / Howgego 815.

Samos in Ionia, Valerian I, 253-260 AD.,
Æ 27 / revalued as 6 Assaria (26-27 mm / 7,26 g), bronze, coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: AYT K ΠO ΛI O - VAΛEPIANOC , laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; circular countermark ς (6) on neck.
Rev.: ΣAM - IΩN , tetrastyle temple with arch above cultus statue of Samian Hera standing facing, diebreak at 6-7.
BMC 14. p. 392, 369 var. (countermark) ; SNG von Aulock 2329 var. (countermark)(otherwise same dies) ; SNG Cop. 1796 var. (countermark, rev. legend breaks) ; Price & Trell 482, fig. 234 var. (countermark) ; for countermark: Howgego 815 (-819) .