Extremely Rare ADVENTVS from Antioch

CNG 84, Lot: 1300. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Antoninianus (20mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Philip on horseback riding left, raising hand and holding transverse spear. RIC IV -; RSC -; Tulln Hoard 1024. EF, minor porosity. Extremely rare.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1410.