1000th Anniversary Sestertius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 726. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Sestertius (17.82 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 9th emission, AD 248. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SAECVLARES AVGG, S C in exergue, goat standing left. RIC IV 264a; Banti 16; Hunter 34; Cohen 73. EF, choice dark brown patina.