CNG 91, Lot: 949. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.10 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 11th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Philip I and II seated left on sella curulis, each extending hand and holding scepter. RIC IV 267a; Banti 1. EF, dark gray-brown patina, areas of red, very slight doubling on obverse. Wonderful portrait as Augustus.