Triton XIV, Lot: 792. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 18.15 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 4th emission, AD 245. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG II, S C across field, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC IV 180a; Banti 23; Hunter 88. EF, two-tone brown patina. Bold strike on a broad flan.