CNG 85, Lot: 1070. Estimate $300. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 18.91 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 1st emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Salus standing left, holding rudder set on globe and feeding out of patera serpent rising from altar at left. RIC IV 187a corr. (rudder not scepter); Banti 55 corr. (same). Near EF, attractive two-tone brown patina. Choice portrait.