just received these two a couple of days ago...what thinks ye of these?..two sestertii of those In the 'year of the six'...and be sure to stayed tuned for 'part two'..you really don't wanna miss it... POST YER COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS! .. Balbinus and Pupienus,(29 &31mm, 29.96 & 22.42 respectively) co-emperors April 22-July 29, 238. killed by members of the praetorian guard.
Incredible!!! And both at once??? Way to go my friend! I upgraded my Pupienus recently Pupienus Antoninian. Minted 238 AD . Anv.: IMP. CAES. PVPIEN. M. CLOD. DVPIENS AVG. Bust radiated to the right. Rev .: LOVE MVTVS AVGG. Linked hands. 3.76 grs. Limited. EBC-. / Pupienus. Scarce and almost extremely fine. C-1; RIC-9a. Purchased from Soler y Llach Oct 2021
It took me many years of collecting before I finally broke down and got coins of these two. The Pupienus was part of a lot of silver coins, so by selling off some of the duplicates in that lot I was able to reduce its cost. The Balbinus I just bought outright to give my Pupienus some company; he looked lonely: Balbinus Augustus, A.D. 238 Bronze Sestertius Rome mint, A.D. 238 Obv: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG - Concordia seated, facing left, holding patera and cornucopia. SC in exergue. RIC 22 28mm, 19.8g. Pupienus Augustus, A.D. 238 Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 238 Obv: IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG Rev: P M TR P COS II P P - Felicitas, standing, facing left, holding caduceus and scepter. RIC 6 19mm, 3.3g.
Very nice! One thing I noticed with these two is that their coins don't go up in price exponentially between gF and XF, so as they say "go big or go home" Spotted these two in the same CNG sale; wallet took a heckuva sting that day As an added bonus, their Caesar
I tend to be skeptical when I see rare emperors that look too good to be real. Is this a sloppily filed casing seam that I see on the edge of your Balbinus? I sure hope that I'm mistaken!
Please do not be offended, but what bothers me about the Balbinus is the bit of silver between the fore finger and the ring finger. Should that be there? (A correction is more than welcome. )
