436, Lot: 629. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 17.24 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 2nd officina. 9th emission, AD 248. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing left on stony ground, head right, suckling the twins. RIC IV 159; Banti 48. VF, rough green patina, earthen deposits.

From the William Whetstone Collection.