96, Lot: 171. Estimate $150. Sold for $206. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP I. 244-249 AD. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 15.01 gm). Struck 248 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / LIBERALITAS II AVGG, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 180a; Cohen 88. VF, wonderful olive-green patina with earthen highlights.

This coin may commemorate the distribution held in connection with the millenial anniversary of the founding of Rome in 248 AD.