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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3452141, member: 75937&quot;]Probably Viminacium in Moesia Superior. That city issued coins with Latin inscriptions and they came in two sizes, the smaller of which were radiate and larger of which were laureate. The <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2588281" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2588281" rel="nofollow">smaller, radiate issue</a> is consistent with yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an AE 21 of this city for Gordian III in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-viminaceum-jpg.783343/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 21.6 mm, 7.85 g, 1h.</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, Viminacium, 15; AMNG I 84; Varbanov 119; BMC --.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one is an AE 28 of Philip I that isn&#039;t exactly in FDC condition:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]917501[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip I, AD 244-249</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28.1 mm; 17.65 g; 1 h</p><p>Moesia Superior, Viminacium, AD 244</p><p>Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right</p><p>Rev: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing left between bull standing right and lion left; in exergue: AN V (= year 5 of the Colonial Era of Viminacium = AD 244).</p><p>Ref: BMC 3. 16, #18; AMNG 100.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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