CNG 96, Lot: 858. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.30 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 4th emission, AD 245. M IVL PHILIPPVS CΛES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PRINCIPI I VVENT, Philip standing left, holding globe and scepter. RIC IV 218a var. (bust type); Calicó 3275; Biaggi 138-9; Jameson 236 (same rev. die). VF, slightly wavy flan.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.22237).