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Viminacium, Trebonianus Gallus, bronze coin — Victory standing left (CN type 16601)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 251–252

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Coin in bronze struck at Viminacium under Trebonianus Gallus, dated AD 251–252. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 16601 (issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: IMP C GALLVS PIVS FELIX AVG. Reverse: Victory standing left, holding a wreath in her right hand; at her feet, bull and lion. Legend: P M S COL VIM // AN XIII. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 9.9 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Amandry et al., RPC IX: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. IX: From Trajan Decius to Uranius Antonius (Ad 249-254), London: Paris 2016, p. 65, nr. 64; Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, p. 54, nr. 167; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Viminacium was a prominent city, military camp, and the capital of Moesia Superior, located near the modern town of Kostolac in modern Serbia. Founded in the 1st century AD, the city sat along the Via Militaris and grew into one of the largest urban centres in the Balkans. It functioned as an active provincial mint during the Roman Imperial Period, producing civic bronze coinage such as this issue dated to AD 251–252.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
9.9 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Viminacium
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Trebonianus Gallus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Victory standing left, holding a wreath in her right hand; at her feet, bull and lion.
Obverse legend
IMP C GALLVS PIVS FELIX AVG
Reverse legend
P M S COL VIM // AN XIII

Identification

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/16601
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16601

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