This coin checks all the boxes

I purchased this coin simply because it's a brockage. However it checks a lot of my coin collection boxes:



Brockage Coin: Check



Moesia Superior, Viminacium Coin: Check



Gordian III Coin: Check


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Awesome capture @-monolith- !

Got my checks INDEPENDENTLY - a combo pack!

1) Brockage

Roman Republic
UNCERTAIN.
Denarius (2nd-1st centuries BC). Rome. Obverse brockage.
Obv: ROMA.
Helmeted head of Roma right.
Rev: Incuse and reverse of obverse.
Ex Pecunia Numismatics

2 Viminacium

RI Hostilian 251 CE AE 27 Viminacium Moesia Bull-Lion

3) Gordium III

RI
Gordian III
238-244 CE
AE As 25mm
Hercules S-C

 

Congrats @-monolith- A nice AE brockage...
This coin checks a few boxes for me:
1) Brockage
2) Roman Republic
3) VF with a nice well centered portrait of Roma


M. Sergius Silus, (116-115 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint,
Obv: Roma helmeted head right, EX SC before, ROMA behind
Rev: should be : horseman galloping left, with sword and severed head, Q/ M.SERGI below, SILVS in exergue
Ref: S.163, Cr.286/1, Syd.534, Sergia 1

 

That's an attractive patina and that's quite an impressive array of coins of Gordian III.