447, Lot: 513. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 13.85 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 / SAECVLARES AVGG, S C in exergue, She-wolf standing left on stony ground, head right, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus, Legendary Founders of Rome). RIC IV 159; Banti 48. Green patina, earthen highlights, smoothed. Near VF.

From the Midwest Collection.