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 Cadmus, nude, standing right, holding club and hurling stone at upright serpent left; in left field murex shell

Coin no. 1 of RPC VII.2, 3567

 

Museum Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK)
Inventory no. Christ Church
Reference
Diameter 30.3
Weight 17.51
Axis 6
Note