Province Syria Phoenice
City Tyre 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Reverse design Fortuna-Astarte standing facing, raising r. arm on trophy and holding sceptre, l. foot on rock; to r., Victory standing on column, l., crowning Fortuna-Astarte; at feet, murex shell and a small statue of Marsyas, carrying wineskin over shoulder, and sometimes ambrosial rock

Coin no. 1 of RPC IX, 2027

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. 2298
Reference Bab 2298, pl. XXXVIII.2, rev.
Diameter 27
Weight 15.51
Axis 12
Note
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8537458w