342, Lot: 655. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 16.32 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 5th emission of Philip I, AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, bareheaded and draped bust right / PRINCIPI I VVENT around, S C across field, Philip II, in military attire, standing left, holding globe in outstretched right hand and reversed vertical spear. RIC IV 256a; Banti 9; Hunter 14-5 var. (break in rev. legend). VF, attractive dark green patina, earthen deposits, slight die shift on obverse, some faint marks.

From the RAM Collection.