CNG 85, Lot: 1083. Estimate $400. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 17.71 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 8th emission, AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tranquillitas standing left, holding capricorn and scepter. RIC IV 156; Banti 58. EF, dark gray-brown patina, traces of red, some minor roughness. Bold portrait.