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LOT 3651
Pupienus AE Sestertius. AD 238. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor standing to left, holding branch and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC IV 15; Cohen 30; BMCRE 51. Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(17.61gr, 30mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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