Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1829. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP II, as Caesar. 244-247 AD. AR Denarius (3.08 gm). Bare headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Philip standing right, holding transverse spear and globe. RIC IV 216b; RSC 53. Toned, good VF. Extremely rare. ($4000)

There was a comparable example of this extremely rare coin in the recent sale of the Leo Benz collection; see Numismatik Lanz Auktion 100 (20 November 2000), lot 282 [realized DM 13,000].