Viminacium, Decius, bronze (CN type 16572)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
250–251 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Viminacium under Decius dated 250–251 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16572. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Herennius Etruscus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; at her feet, bull and lion.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.98 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Viminacium
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Decius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Herennius Etruscus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Moesia standing left, wearing long garment; at her feet, bull and lion.
- Obverse legend
- Q H ETR MES DEC CAES
- Reverse legend
- P M S COL VIM // AN XII
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16572
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16572
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. 61-62, nr. 33
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 49, nr. 142
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution