Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1183. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP II. 247-249 AD. Æ Sestertius (19.15 gm, 11h). Struck 247 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / PAX AETERNA, S C across field, Pax standing left, holding olive branch in raised right hand and sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 268a; Pink III, pg. 34; Banti 3; Hunter 30; Cohen 27. Near EF, mottled dark olive and red patina. ($500)