CNG 85, Lot: 1080. Estimate $300. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 19.23 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Annona standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears; modius to left. RIC IV 168a; Banti 9. Good VF, dark brown patina, areas of red, slightly irregular flan. Bold portrait.