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Hostilian as Caesar, Roman provincial bronze coin

The reverse of a medium bronze Roman provincial coin, struck in the name of Hostilian as Caesar, at or for Viminacium, a city on the Danube which started as a colony of retired Roman soldiers. The ANXII in the exergue dates this coin to 250-251 AD.

 

The personification of the city stands between a bull and a lion, the symbols of the two founding legions.

 

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Uploaded on June 17, 2010
Taken on June 17, 2009