PROVIDENTIA DEORVM

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus right, seen from three quarters back. 

Providentia standing left, holding wand with the right hand and cornucopia with the left hand. Globe at her feet to the left.

Photo of a coin sold the 07/12/2016 by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 163, lot 424, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3505687, link to their website: https://www.lanz.com/. The RIC 4B page 174, n° 7, noted about this coin: ''need confirmation. Cohen 33 quotes the Gosselin sale ''. Numismatik lanz München says about the copy illustrated here: '' Gosselin, P.F french collector. Coins dispersed in two Parisian sales, Raoul-Rochette, I7. i, 1831 and Rollin et Feuardent, 7 iii, 1864, 832 ''. Without specifying whether this coin comes from one of these sales (which is probably the case).

I observe that on most of Pupienus' coins the cuirass is almost invisible and the shoulder appears smooth. Although I have listed a variant with a non-cuirassed bust for other emperors from the same period, this bust of Pupienus seems to be cuirassed. We see streaks indicating a cuirass in the lower shoulder or at least an irregular lower shoulder showing a desire to display a cuirass. Here is an example:

 On this photo the streaks are visible at the bottom of the shoulder. 

However, we cannot exclude that only draped busts exist. So far, I haven't noticed an example where the shoulder is undoubtedly smooth.