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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Gordian III| > RP18387
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior
|Gordian| |III|, |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.
RP18387. Bronze AE 21, H-J Viminacium 3 (R2), Varbanov I 103 (R3), AMNG I/I 72, SNG Cop 140, VF, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 5.588g, maximum diameter 21.1mm, die axis 225o, 239 - 240 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; 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 I (year 1 of the Viminacium colonial era) in exergue; SOLD











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