Viminacium
| Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Viminacium a town of Moesia Superior and a Roman Colony, supposed to have been founded by Gordianus Pius in A.D. 240. Coins of the Emperors from Gordianus Pius with dates AN. I Anno Primo (A.D. 240) to Valerian and Gallienus AN. XVI Anno Sexto Decimo (A.D. 255) are in existence. [VIM.] The usual legend is P.M.S. COL. VIM. Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium, and the usual type a female standing between a lion and a bull; on a coin of Gordianus Pius the female holds two standards inscribed VII. and VIIII respectively and on coins of Philip I., and Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian the Emperor or Emperors take the place of the female. | View whole page from the |Dictionary Of Roman Coins|
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Viminacium
| Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Viminacium a town of Moesia Superior and a Roman Colony, supposed to have been founded by Gordianus Pius in A.D. 239. Coins of the Emperors from Gordianus Pius with dates AN. I Anno Primo (A.D. 239) to Valerian and Gallienus AN. XVI Anno Sexto Decimo (A.D. 254-255) are in existence. [VIM.] The usual legend is P.M.S. COL. VIM. Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium, and the usual type a female standing between a lion and a bull; on a coin of Gordianus Pius the female holds two standards inscribed VII. and VIIII respectively and on coins of Philip I., and Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian the Emperor or Emperors take the place of the female. | View whole page from the |Dictionary Of Roman Coins|
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