Province Syria Phoenice
City Tyre 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYR MET
Reverse design Hercules standing left, holding patera over altar, club, and lion skin; on the left, Ambrosial rocks; one the right, murex shell

Coin no. 2 of RPC VII.2, 3591

 

Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria)
Inventory no. GR 22375
Reference
Diameter 25.4
Weight 7.87
Axis 6
Note