Triton XIV, Lot: 791. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.60 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, AD 244. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILITVM, S C across field, Fides, draped, standing left, holding scepter in right hand and transverse signum in right. RIC IV 173a; Banti 16; cf. Hunter 67 (dupondius). EF, attractive brown and dark gray patina. Superb portrait.