379, Lot: 375. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.23 g, 12h). Commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elephant advancing left, led by mahout, holding staff and goad. RIC IV 167a; Banti 8. VF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red, reverse a little rough. Engraver’s error with CS, not SC, on the reverse.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 830.