CNG 88, Lot: 1388. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 17.58 g, 12h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint, 6th officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Octostyle temple of Roma with statue of Roma seated facing in center. RIC IV 164 corr. (rev. legend); Banti 52. EF, dark gray patina, some red. Bold portrait.