288, Lot: 468. Estimate $200. Sold for $237. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pax seated left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC IV 22a; Banti 6. Fine, dark green and brown patina, light roughness and cleaning marks.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.