Extremely Rare ADVENTVS from Antioch

CNG 90, Lot: 1672. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Philip on horseback riding left, raising hand and holding spear. RIC IV –; RSC –; Bland Study 58; Tulln Hoard 1024; CNG 84, Lot 1300. EF, light encrustation on obverse. Sharp details on reverse. Extremely rare, only three examples noted by Bland.