CNG 97, Lot: 710. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 15.88 g, 12h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint, 3rd officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Goat advancing left. RIC IV 264a; Banti 16 corr. (AVGG not AVG). Good VF, dark gray patina, some brown, traces of red on reverse.