CNG 96, Lot: 854. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 16.31 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Annona standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears; modius to left. RIC IV 168 note; Banti –. EF, wonderful green patina, minor traces of red and green deposits. Bold portrait.