436, Lot: 646. Estimate $300. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 18.03 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elephant adorned with saddle-cloth walking left, guided by mahout, holding goad and wand. RIC IV 167a; Banti 8. Near EF, brown patina, lightly smoothed, struck on a compact flan.

From the William Whetstone Collection.