Superb Pupienus Denarius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 710. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. AR Denarius (3.50 g, 5h). Rome mint. 1st issue. 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. Superb EF. Well struck from fresh dies on excellent metal.