Viminacium, Decius, bronze (CN type 16539)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
249–250 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Viminacium under Decius dated 249–250 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16539. Obverse: Laureate bust of Decius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; at her feet, bull and lion.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28–30 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.01 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Viminacium
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Decius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Decius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; at her feet, bull and lion.
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES C MES Q DECIVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- P M S COL VIM // AN XI
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16539
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16539
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 58, nr. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 124
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution