Rare Pupienus Provincial

160, Lot: 147. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Heraclea Pontica. Pupienus. AD 238. Æ 30mm (11.09 g). K POYPIHNOC MAXIMOC AVGOY, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; c/m: H surmounted by I within circular incuse / HRAKLEW-TAN PONTW, Aphrodite standing right, leaning on club and holding apples. RG -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Howgego 527 var. (for countermark). VF, brown patina, two splits on edge. Unpublished.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Peus 366 (25 October 2000), lot 551.