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Bronze Sestertius - Æ 27-28 mm - 15,3 grams - Die Axis 07:00 - Struck AD 239-240.
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IMP CAES M ANT GORΔIANVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordianus Augustus).
Bust of smiling, laureate and draped emperor facing right
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PMS CO-L VIM (Provincia Moesia Superior, Colonia Viminacium - Province of Upper Moesia, City of Viminacium). Moesia, in Chiton, wearing headdress with drapery attached, full front, facing left. Her arms outstretched and her hands protectively over (at her right) a bull (symbol of Legio VII) and (at her left) a lion (symbol for Legio III).
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AN~I~
(Annus 1 - Year 1 of obtaining colonial status). |
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Pscipio (Lars) from Forvm told me : "the large bronze was intended to circulate as a Sestertius, the middle bronze with radiate head as a Dupondius and the small bronze as an As."
Provincially minted in Viminacium, Moesia Superior.
Obv. : Very Good - Rev. : Very Good.
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