Triton XIV, Lot: 797. Estimate $1000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 29.54 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 11th emission, AD 249. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG III, S C in exergue, Philip I and II, each togate, seated left on sella curulis, each extending right hand and holding scepter in left. RIC IV 267a; Banti 1; Hunter 29. Superb EF, attractive brown patina. Struck on a massive flan.