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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3091366, member: 75937&quot;]That coin has a lovely patina and it&#039;s a nice example, with a lot of eye-appeal, [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] . It&#039;s actually from Moesia SUPERIOR, from the Roman colony of Viminacium. I have a similar one. I&#039;m guessing yours is large, about 29 mm, because yours has the laureate bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine has a radiate crown and is smaller in diameter (22 mm). This suggests yours is a sestertius and mine a dupondius, but the relationship between provincial denominations and imperial ones has not been definitively established.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bull and the lion are the emblems of Legions VII and IV, which were quartered in the province.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780149[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 22.8 mm, 7.83 g.</p><p>Moesia Superior, Viminacium, AD 242/3.</p><p>Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at her feet on either side, AN IIII (year 4 = AD 242/3) in exergue.</p><p>Refs: H&amp;J, <i>Viminacium</i>, 15; AMNG I 84; Varbanov 119; BMC --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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