brm_444558 - PUPIENUS Sesterce

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Type : Sesterce

Date: 238

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 18,77 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire pour ce type sur un flan quadrangulaire et bien centré. joli buste. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.23 (15f.) - RIC.22 a - BMC/RE.48 - RCV.8533 (1350$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Pupien à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Clodius Pupien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PAX PVBLICA/ -|-// SC.

Reverse description : Pax (La Paix) assise à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pax Publica”, (La Paix publique).

Commentary

Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.

Historical background

PUPIENUS

(02-04/05/238)

Pupien is proclaimed emperor at the same time as Balbin. After Maximin's death, he returned to Rome. A certain discord settles between the two co-emperors. According to the new chronology set up by A. Chastagnol and M. Christol, they are finally both assassinated by the Praetorians between the end of April and the beginning of May.

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brm_444558 - PUPIENUS Sesterce

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Commentary

Historical background

PUPIENUS

(02-04/05/238)

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