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

Coin no. 2 of RPC IX, 1998

 

Museum Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany)
Inventory no. Löbb.
Reference
Diameter 27
Weight 13.46
Axis 12
Note