Live auction - brm_479693 - PUPIENUS Denier

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AU/XF

Estimate :	650 €
Price :	380 €
Maximum bid :	380 €
End of the sale :	10 April 2018 14:47:01
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Denier

Date: 238

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 3,57 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 5e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré. Beau portrait de Pupien. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

C.26 (10f.) - RIC.6 - BMC/RE.52 - RSC.26 (550$) - RCV.8527 - MRK.71 /8-1 (500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C 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 Claude Pupien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P C-OS II P P.

Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).