281, Lot: 398. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.24 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MILIARVM SAECVLVM, cippus inscribed COS/III in two lines. RIC IV 157a; Banti 24. Near VF, rough red and brown patina.

Commemorating Rome’s newly completed millennium and commencement upon another.