CNG 85, Lot: 1074. Estimate $300. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.22 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 2nd emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath. RIC IV 191a; Banti 59. Good VF, dark gray-brown patina, traces of porosity, minor die shift. Bold portrait.