Triton XX, Lot: 823. Estimate $15000. Sold for $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 246. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANNONA AVGG, Annona, draped, standing left, holding cornucopia in left hand and grain ears in right over modius filled with grain ears set on ground to left. RIC IV 28a; Bland, Gold –; Calicó 3246; Hunter –; Biaggi 1378. Good VF, a few minor marks, traces of deposits. Very rare.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 625; Münzen und Medaillen AG 61 (7 October 1982), lot 468.