Lot description:
About Extremely Fine; an outstanding example, featuring an expressive portrait and mottled patina | ROMAN EMPIRE. Pupienus.
Bronze sestertius, AD 238. Rome.
Obv: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae; S-C across fields.
About Extremely Fine; an outstanding example, featuring an expressive portrait and mottled patina.
Reference: RIC IV-14; BMCRE-12.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from DRG Coins & Antiquities, July 2018; ex collection of Frederick Sidney Clark (1923-2016), collector's ticket included.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 31 mm.
Weight: 18.78 g.
Composition: Bronze.
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Estimate: 800 GBP
Starting price: 400 GBP | |