Live auction - brm_618463 - PUPIENUS Antoninien

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Estimate :	700 €
Price :	401 €
Maximum bid :	401 €
End of the sale :	27 October 2020 15:14:05
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: 238

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,05 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Buste de toute beauté, finement détaillé et expressif. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.3 (10f.) - RIC.10 b - BMC/RE.87 - RSC.3 - RCV.8520 (600$) - MRK.71 /2 (500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG.

Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé à droite de Pupien, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Pupienus Maximus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Pupien Maxime auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CARITAS MVTVA AVGG.

Reverse description : Deux mains jointes.

Reverse translation : “Caritas Mutua Augustorum”, (L’estime mutuelle des augustes).

Commentary

Rubans de type 3. Pour David Sear, il y aurait deux émissions d’antoniniens, la première avec IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG et la seconde avec IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG. Pour Pupien, la première légende semble plus rare.
Type 3 ribbons. According to David Sear, there would be two issues of antoninians, the first with IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG and the second with IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG. For Pupien, the first legend seems rarer.