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Viminacium

Viminacium was a Roman provincial city and legionary camp in Moesia Superior that issued colonial coinage.

Kind: city-state
Region: Balkans, Europe

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Viminacium, Decius, bronze coin — Moesia standing left (CN type 16555)

Photograph: RPC; Corpus Nummorum (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities); specimen held by rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk

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Viminacium, Decius, bronze coin — Moesia standing left (CN type 16555)

AD 250–251

Coin in bronze struck at Viminacium under Decius, dated AD 250–251. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 16555 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city). Obverse: Laureate bust of Decius, right, wearing cuiras…

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