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RIC IV Pupienus 22A

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RIC IV Pupienus 22A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 238–238 AD. Obverse: bust of pupienus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: pax, draped, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 20.5 g, diameter 30.8 mm.
obverse RIC IV Pupienus 22A
reverse RIC IV Pupienus 22A
mint Rome weight 20.46g (11)
ruler Pupienus diameter ⌀30.8 (8)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (9)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Pupienus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG
reverse

Pax, draped, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand

PAX PVBLICA S C
specimens (8)
KENOM 20.48g 12↕
British Museum 15.69g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
KENOM 18.92g ⌀29.9 11↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 21.08g ⌀32.0
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 22.65g ⌀32.0
British Museum 19.95g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Pupienus 22A (ric.4.pup.22A), 238–238 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-pupienus-22a/ (accessed: 2026-08-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA