A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Roman Imperial Coinage, Pupienus, Sestertius, Rome, April-June 238, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, imp caes m clod pvpienvs avg, rev. p m tr p cos ii p p, Emperor, togate, standing left, holding branch and parazonium, s c in field, 23.08g (RIC 16; BMC 28; C 21; S 8498). Extremely fine, green patina £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: Seaby List M228, July 1934 (17530).

When Gordian I and his son were proclaimed emperors in Africa, the Senate appointed a committee of twenty men, including the elderly senator Pupienus, to co-ordinate operations against Maximinus until the arrival of the Gordians. On the news of the Gordians' defeat and deaths at Carthage, however, the Senate met in closed session in the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus and voted for two members of the committee to be installed as co-emperors – Balbinus and Pupienus