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Coin of the Day #15 (5/19/2024)

A BIG coin for a BIG day! (I’m graduating! 🥳)

Roman Province - Cilicia

AE37 - 22.85g

Pupienus 238 AD

Tarsus Mint

Obverse ΑΥΤ ΚΕC Μ ΛΟΔ ΠΟΠΛΗΝΙΟC CΕΒ Π Π

Bust of Pupienus right, radiate, draped, cuirassed

Reverse ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC Α Μ Κ Β Γ

Scylla standing front, with two fish tails and four dog foreparts, raising arms and holding rudder

RPC VII 2992

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Happy deathday to Balbinus and Pupienus, roman co-emperors who were squabbling with each other about who betrayed who when their own guards came in and assassinated them both

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Year of the six emperors - Pupienus (22 April-29 July 238 CE)

https://bayern.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=1336&cachesLoaded=true

Provenance/Rights: Munzsammlung, Universität Passau / Matthias Happach (CC BY-NC-SA)

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On this day: July 29, 238 CE

Gordian III is proclaimed emperor at the age of 13 after Pupienus and Balbinus are dragged through the streets of Rome and murdered by the Praetorian Guard.