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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 8032008, member: 82549&quot;]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:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1391514[/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>[ATTACH=full]1391515[/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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