Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 727. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. AR Denarius (3.04 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera in extended right hand, cradling double cornucopia in left arm. RIC IV 1; RSC 6; BMCRE 42. EF, a hint of light toning on obverse.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.