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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Pupienus| > SH99217
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.
SH99217. Silver denarius, RIC IV-1 4 (S); RSC III 22, BMCRE VI 46, Hunter III 4, SRCV III 8526, gVF, toned, flow lines, trace deposits, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.922g, maximum diameter 20.6mm, die axis 0o, 238 A.D.; obverse IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PAX PVBLICA, Pax seated left on throne, raising olive branch in right hand, transverse scepter in left hand; ex Dr. C. Haymes Collection; ex Noble Numismatics auction 121 (20 Jul 2019), lot 4816; rare; SOLD











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