Triton XVIII, Lot: 1195. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 18.22 g, 11h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PAX PVBLICA, SC in exergue, Pax, draped, seated left on throne, holding up olive branch in right hand and holding transverse scepter in left, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 22a; BMCRE 48-9; Banti 6. VF, brown and red patina, some green.

From the RAM Collection.