Æ28 - Valerian and Gallienus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΕΥΠΟΡΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Metropolis in Ionia was a minor city of the Ephesian conventus that punched above its weight in provincial bronze output during the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus. The magistrate named in this issue — Aurelius Euporos, serving his second term as strategos — is attested on multiple die pairings, suggesting a sustained civic minting program under his administration rather than a single ceremonial emission.

The Aurelian praenomen hints at citizenship granted under Caracalla's 212 AD edict, three decades before this coin was struck.