★ Legio VII and Legio IIII ★
MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium: Philip I (244-249) Æ 28mm “sestertius,” issued 245. 18.00g, 28mm.
Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: P M S COL VIM / AN VI; Female standing left, extending hands over bull and lion.
Varbanov 135.
The figure may be a personification of Viminacium, Fides Militum, or Virtus Augusti; the bull represents the Legio VII Claudia; the lion the Legio IIII Flavia. Year dates are measured from the opening of the mint.