Bold Portrait

CNG 85, Lot: 1078. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 23.23 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 5th emission, AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 149a; Banti 31. EF, handsome two-tone brown patina, some red. Bold portait.