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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3115222, member: 80783&quot;]yes, it is the exact same coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly think it is, because all of Pupienus´ Sestertii with the VICTORIA AVGG reverse that name him as IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG on the obverse (Alberto Banti found a total of 35 specimens of those in Museums and major collections in 1987) are listed as Nr.12 in Banti´s &quot;I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali&quot; (Vol IV.2.), even if they come from different dies like the nice examples you show us. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertii that name the emperor IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG are much rarer. </p><p>They must have been introduced near the end of the reign when Pupienus spelled out his name Maximus so that people could (mis)interpret it as a title, &quot;Maximus Augustus&quot;, to put him above his co-Augustus Pupienus.</p><p>Banti only found one single specimen of those with the Victoria reverse (listed as Banti Nr. 13).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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