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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Viminacium| > BB68959
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior
|Viminacium|, |Trajan| |Decius,| |September| |249| |-| |June| |or| |July| |251| |A.D.,| |Viminacium,| |Moesia| |Superior|, Viminacium was a Roman Colony founded by Gordian III in 239 A.D. The usual legend is P.M.S. COL. VIM., abbreviating Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium. The usual type is a female personification of Moesia standing between a lion and a bull. The bull and the lion were symbols of the Legions VII and IV, which were quartered in the province.
BB68959. Bronze AE 27, H-J Viminacium 53 (R3); Varbanov I 166, AMNG I/I 128; BMC Thrace -, aF, rough, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 12.269g, maximum diameter 26.8mm, die axis 45o, 250 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over bull on left standing right and lion on right standing left, AN XII (year 12 of the Viminacium colonial era) in exergue; SOLD











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