298, Lot: 328. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 15.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. 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 greenish-brown patina with some deposits, slight double striking on obverse.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.