As you all know, these are common types, but the vast majority of them are very scrungy. So this example was impossible to pass up for all its detail and good centering. The color is also super. AN VIIII dates it exactly to AD 248. The dates on these coins start with the official establishment of Viminacium as a colony in AD 239, during the time of Gordian III. Notice that the Roman numeral here is not IX, but the earlier form VIIII. I think these are great types, and I know y'all have some, so post them!
Very nice example JA. GORDIAN III AE30 OBVERSE: Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right REVERSE: PMSC OLVIM City goddess standing left between bull & lion; AN IIII in e Struck at Anchialus, 242 AD 17.2g, 30mm AMNG 83
I forgot this grungy one: HOSTILIAN AE As OBVERSE: IMP C VAL HOST M QVINTVS AVG laureate and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: P M S C OL VIM City-goddess standing between a bull and a lion, AN XII in exergue Struck at Rome, 251 AD 11.8g, 26mm Moushmov 54
Nice score, JA ... amazingly, I don't have one of those sweet bull & lion examples (great coins, fellas)
