341, Lot: 385. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 19.14 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 1st emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Salus standing left, feeding from patera a snake rising from altar and holding rudder set on globe. RIC IV 187a corr. (rudder not scepter); Banti 55 corr. (same). VF, dark gray and brown patina, minor flaws, slight doubling on reverse.