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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Pupienus| > SH91233
Pupienus, 22 April - 29 July 238 A.D.
|Pupienus|, |Pupienus,| |22| |April| |-| |29| |July| |238| |A.D.|, A.D. 238 was the year of six emperors. Maximinus Thrax was killed (along with his son Maximus Caesar) when his soldiers mutinied. Gordian II was killed in battle. Gordian I hanged himself. Pupienus was lynched by his bodyguard. Balbinus was beaten and dragged naked through the streets of Rome before being killed by the Praetorians. Gordian III lived to become sole emperor.
SH91233. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV-1 14 (S), Cohen V 15, BMCRE VI 10, Hunter III 16, SRCV III 8531, VF/F, black patina, scratches, reverse rough, Rome mint, weight 21.051g, maximum diameter 30.7mm, die axis 0o, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, Laureate and draped bust right; reverse LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM (the generosity of the Emperor), Liberalitas standing half-left, coin counting board in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C divided across lower half of the field; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 76 (7 Apr 2019), part of lot 942; scarce; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

IMPCAESMCLODPVPIENVSAVG
IMPCAESPVPIENMAXIMVSAVG
IMPCMCLODPVPIENVSAVG

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