300, Lot: 279. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 15.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Signum, surmounted by hand, and aquila, flanked by two signa. RIC IV 171a; Banti 14. VF, dark gray-brown patina, die break behind head to edge. Rare rare with S C across field rather than in exergue. Banti records only one example, compared with thirty with S C in exergue.