Coin of Viminacium under Gordian III c. 3th century

Editor: This is a coin from Viminacium under Gordian III, found at the Harvard Art Museums. It has such a beautiful, weathered look! What strikes you most about this piece? Curator: Imagine holding a whisper of an empire in your palm! I am drawn to the quiet endurance of this coin, a tiny bronze echo of a world we can only piece together. Look how the portrait and inscription have softened with time. Editor: It's like holding history, isn't it? Curator: Exactly. Think of all the hands it passed through. What stories it could tell! I feel a strange connection to that long-ago person who first spent it. Editor: I never thought a coin could be so evocative. Curator: Me neither! History isn’t just dates and names; it’s the scent of time clinging to the most unexpected things.