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Viminacium, Gordian III., bronze coin — Moesia standing left (CN type 15794)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 242–243

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Coin in bronze struck at Viminacium under Gordian III., dated AD 242–243. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 15794 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots. Legend: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG. Reverse: Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; holding a vexillum in her left hand, while holding with her right hand a hare by the legs. Legend: P M S COL VIM // AN IIII. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.88 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022, p. 77, nr. 32; Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, nr. 90; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.2, 32.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
4
Photograph views
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Catalogue references
3

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Historical context

Viminacium, located in modern Serbia, was a significant Roman military camp and city that became the provincial capital of Moesia Superior following the division of Moesia in 87. Gordian III, named Marcus Antonius Gordianus, served as Roman emperor between 238 and 244, having acceded as sole emperor at the age of 13.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
22 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.88 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Viminacium
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Radiate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
Reverse type
Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; holding a vexillum in her left hand, while holding with her right hand a hare by the legs.
Obverse legend
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Reverse legend
P M S COL VIM // AN IIII

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15794
Type corpus identifier
CN type 15794

Documentation checklist

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • Viminacium, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 15789)

    Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.

  • Viminacium, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 15795)

    Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.

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