83, Lot: 216. Estimate $75. Sold for $84. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP I. 244-249 AD. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 4.68 gm). Rome mint. Struck 248 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Inscribed pillar. RIC IV 24c; RSC 193. Lightly toned, near EF.

Issued to commemorate both Philip's assumption of the consulship for the third time and the millenial anniversary of Rome's founding. Although scheduled for 247 AD, the celebration was delayed pending Philip's return from the front in Dacia.