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ID number: BIRBI-R1564 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Pupienus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 238 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 18.97 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 956. P. Meinser, Dinan, Côtes du Nord, France, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Pupienus, wearing laurel wreath and long-beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, seated facing l., holding branch in extended r and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES M CLƆD IVPIENVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus). Reverse: PΛX PVBLICA (Dedicated to Peace for the Public). In Exergue: V C (S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 22A
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