448, Lot: 498. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 11.28 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, head right, suckling the twins. RIC IV 159; Banti 46. Brown and green patina, some roughness, flan flaw. VF.

From the Midwest Collection.