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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Viminacium| > RP71488
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior
|Viminacium|, |Gordian| |III,| |29| |July| |238| |-| |25| |February| |244| |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.
RP71488. Bronze AE 23, H-J Viminacium 15 (R2); Varbanov I 119 (R2); AMNG I/I 84; BMC Thrace -, aVF, well centered, rough, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 7.051g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 242 - 243 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over bull on left standing right and lion on right standing left, AN IIII (year 4 of the Viminacium colonial era) in exergue; SOLD











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