Province Syria Phoenice
City Tyre 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Philip I
Obverse inscription M IVL PHILIPPVS CAE
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre; on left arched city gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; on the right, murex shell and star; below, man digging right, with pick

 

Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria)
Inventory no. GR 22378
Reference
Diameter 29
Weight 17.24
Axis 11
Note