Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1581. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (15.09 g, 1h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 11th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below throne. RIC IV 174a; Banti 17. EF, dark brown-green patina with brick-red highlights, light smoothing. Bold portrait.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.