Choice Pupienus Sestertius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 711. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pupienus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (21.03 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st issue. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, S C across field, Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. RIC IV 23a; Banti 12; BMCRE 58; Cohen 38. EF, dark green patina.