Triton XIV, Lot: 793. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 17.35 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, atttractive brown and dark gray patina, traces of red.