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Æ21 - Pupienus and Balbinus ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
| Issuer | Heraclea Pontica (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 238 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Κ ΠΟΥΠΙΗΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Pupienus Augustus) |
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Pupienus and Balbinus held joint rule for just 99 days in 238 AD before both were murdered by the Praetorian Guard — the same year that saw five men claim the title of emperor. Heraclea Pontica, a city with deep roots in civic autonomy dating to its founding as a Megarian colony, seized on the dual emperorship as occasion for a joint portrait issue, a rare format that provincial mints produced only when co-rulership was formally recognized in Rome.
The 99-day reign makes any bronze from this pairing genuinely scarce by structural necessity, not collector mythology.