Triton XIX, Lot: 605. Estimate $15000. Sold for $19000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.26 g, 11h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 244. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAET FVNDATA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand, rudder in left. RIC IV 35a; Bland, Gold, 3 var. (dies PI 07/– [obv. die for issue 4, rev. die unlisted]); Calicó 3249 (R4); Biaggi 1379. Near EF, tiny flaw below eye. Very rare issue, only six examples cited in Bland’s recent die study.