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Bronze As - Æ 19-20 mm - 5,0 grams - Die Axis 06:30 - Struck AD 240-241. |
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IMP CAES M AN[T GORD]ANVS A[V]G (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordanus Augustus).
Bust of 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.I. (Last 'I' looks like a reversed L) (Annus 2 - Year 2 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." Most of my coins are of the big (sestertius) type, this one must then be an As.
Provincially minted in Viminacium, Moesia Superior.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good.
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