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Viminacium, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Moesia standing left (CN type 16377)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 244

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Coin in bronze struck at Viminacium under Philippus Arabs, dated AD 244. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 16377 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: IMP IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG P M. Reverse: Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; holding a vexillum in every hand, inscribed VII and IIII; at her feet, bull and lion. Legend: P M S COL VIM // AN V. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 19.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 29–30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, p. 39, nr. 98; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

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3
Photograph views
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Catalogue references
2

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Historical context

Philip I, commonly known as Philip the Arab, was Roman Emperor from 244 to 249 after being proclaimed emperor following the death of Gordian III. His reign marked an unusually stable period during the crisis of the third century. Viminacium, where this provincial civic coin was struck in AD 244, was a major city, military camp, and the capital of Moesia Superior in modern Serbia. The reverse design features the personification of Moesia flanked by legionary standards, a bull, and a lion.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29–30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
19.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Viminacium
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; holding a vexillum in every hand, inscribed VII and IIII; at her feet, bull and lion.
Obverse legend
IMP IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG P M
Reverse legend
P M S COL VIM // AN V

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/16377
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16377

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