CNG 87, Lot: 1096. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 20.37 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Special emission, AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC IV 195a; Banti 63. Good VF, dark gray patina, small edge split.