153, Lot: 153. Estimate $100. Sold for $64. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ 30mm (18.99 g). Dated RY 6 (AD 244/5). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Female standing left, extending hands over bull and lion; AN VI (date) in exergue. Boric-Breskovic 618; SNG Ljubljana 1425; AMNG I 102. VF, green patina.

The dates are based on the inception of the mint's operation in 239. The female figure may be a personification of Viminacium, Fides Militum, or Virtus Augusti; the bull represents the Legio VII Claudia; the lion the Legio IIII Flavia.