Triton XX, Lot: 820. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 2.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PAX PVBLICA, 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 4; BMCRE 46-7; RSC 22. EF. Wonderful portrait.

From the KD Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 155 (5 March 2007), lot 349.