CNG 84, Lot: 1271. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 20.15 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 8th emission, AD 248. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tranquillitas standing left, holding capricorn and scepter. RIC IV 156; Banti 58. EF, two-tone brown patina, traces of red, slightly double-struck on reverse. Rare, Banti records only two examples.