Lustrous Aureus

CNG 90, Lot: 1662. Estimate $20000. Sold for $37508. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.50 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 4th emission, AD 245. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG II, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC IV 38a; Calicó 3252. EF, lustrous. Very rare.