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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 7772212, member: 82549&quot;]Both Balbinus and Pupienus were holes in my emperor collection for a long time. Then I received a denarius of Pupienus in a group lot of silver denarii. The Pupienus was identified in the auction listing notes, yet by selling off the other denarii in the lot, I was able to reduce the cost of the Pupienus to around $100, which made it affordable for me. After having a subsequent Balbinus hole for 6 months or so I finally bit the bullet and bought this sestertius of his.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332958[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Balbinus</b></u></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 238</i></p><p>Bronze Sestertius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 238</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG - Concordia seated, facing left, holding patera and cornucopia. SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 22</p><p>28mm, 19.8g.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the denarius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332959[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Pupienus</b></u></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 238</i></p><p>Silver Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 238</p><p>Obv: IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG</p><p>Rev: P M TR P COS II P P - Felicitas, standing, facing left, holding caduceus and scepter.</p><p>RIC 6</p><p>19mm, 3.3g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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