Province Syria Phoenice
City Tyre 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO MET, ωΚΕΑΝΟϹ
Reverse design Ocean reclining left, wearing crab’s claws on head, holding in left an oar and stretching out right toward Ambrosial Rocks from which water flows; in field, murex shell

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. K 460
Reference Babelon 2343
Diameter
Weight 13.97
Axis
Note
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8537515g