ORC9239 Gallienus, Kadmus fighting snake, aVF

Gallienus, AE28, (15.86g) Tyre, Phoenicia, Radiate and draped
bust right. / Kadmos battling serpent. 
BMC486var. (bust); 
Rouvier 2531. Near VF, brown tone. Ex-Sternberg 33, 73.

Kadmos was the legendary founder of Tyre, and it is he who is
credited with giving the alphabet, and thus the use of the
written word, to the Greeks. Though somewhat obscure today,
Kadmos was well connected in his day: his sister was Europa and
was the founder of the Greek city of Thebes.