283, Lot: 374. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 20.78 g, 12h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elephant advancing left, guided by mahout, holding goad and wand. RIC IV 167a; Banti 7. VF, dark gray and brown patina, some red, trace of green on obverse, slight die shift on chin.