Unpublished Pupienus Denarius
287, Lot: 453. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Pupienus. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICI TAS TEMPORVM, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and scepter. RIC IV -; BMCRE -; RSC -. VF, reverse die break. Unpublished in the standard references.
In the standard references, the Felicitas type is accompanied by the legend P M TR P COS II PP.