Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1574. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (18.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 23a; BMCRE 58; Banti 12. Good VF, handsome two-tone brown patina, brick-red highlights. Wonderful portrait.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (18 April 1994), lot 564.