87, Lot: 175. Estimate $150. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP II. 247-249 AD. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 13.08 gm). Struck 248 AD. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Cippus (low column) marked COS II. RIC IV 265c (Philip); Cohen 80. Near VF, brown patina. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Purchased from B.A. Seaby, 22 August 1973, with their ticket priced at £40.

This issue commemorates the millenial anniversary of Rome.