Live auction - brm_549934 - PUPIENUS Antoninien

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Estimate :	650 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	03 December 2019 15:10:53

Type : Antoninien

Date: 238

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,11 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très joli revers. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

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

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. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. 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.