CNG 97, Lot: 706. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 14.67 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Special emission, AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines within laureal wreath. RIC IV 195a. VF, brown, gray, and green patina, traces of red on reverse. Rare.