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A work made of silver.

Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Pupienus

238 (April-June), issued by Balbinus and Pupienus, coemperors

Roman, minted in Rome

Rome

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a bust of emperor Pupienus facing right, with a radiate crown and wearing a cuirass and paludamentum. The back (reverse) depicts two hands clasped.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium