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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Viminacium| > RP68969
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.
RP68969. Bronze AE 18, H-J Viminacium 3 (R2) var.; Varbanov I 103 (R3) var.; AMNG I/I 72 var.; BMC Thrace p. 15, 2 var. (animal positions reversed from normal), F, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 3.863g, maximum diameter 18.0mm, die axis 45o, 238 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over lion on left standing right and bull on right standing left, AN•I• in exergue; very rare variant; SOLD










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