Rare Die Engraver’s Error - C S for S C

CNG 84, Lot: 1275. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.57 g, 1h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elephant advancing left, led by cornak, holding staff and goad; C S (sic) in exergue. RIC IV 167a var. (S C); Banti 7 var. (same). Good VF, dark gray-brown patina, some red on reverse. Rare die engraver’s error--C S in exergue instead of S C.