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Pupienus
Co-emperor with Balbinus
AD 238

Silver AR Antoninianus
Rome mint: AD 238

Coins Catalog ID: 2005

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Sales Description
Obverse: IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
Reverse: PATRES SENATVS - Clasped hands
References: 
RIC, vol. IV ii, p. 174, 11b
Cohen 21

Pupienus - Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus.

Mints: Rome

Biography: Pupienus, joint emperor with Balbinus, was seventy-four at the time the Senate decided to put him and his colleague on the throne in defiance of the army of Maximinus. Former governor of Germany, and City prefect of Rome, he surrounded himself with German bodyguards. After the failure of Maximinus's attempt to wrestle the throne from the joint emperors, Pupienus took the credit for the success. This provoked a crisis in the relationship with his colleague, already poisoned by mutual suspicions. In addition, Balbinus's main military support came from the Praetorian Guard, who much disliked Pupienus's Germans. Suspecting that the Germans might supplant them, the praetorians did not wait long before breaking into the palace--where, ironically, Pupienus and Balbinus were engaged in a fierce argument over what they should do to avoid the threat--and putting to death both emperors.

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