Province Syria Phoenice
City Tyre 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
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. 1 of RPC IX, 2028

 

Museum Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany)
Inventory no. Löbb.
Reference
Diameter 27
Weight 19.60
Axis 6
Note