Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.26 g, 5h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 244. NGC graded Ch XF, 5/5, 2/5, brushed.Triton XXVI Roman Imperial, Gold Sold For $ 6 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Philip I. AD 244-249. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.26 g, 5h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 244. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing left, holding vertical scepter in right hand and transverse signum in left. RIC IV –; Bland, Gold 1 (dies PI –/Fides 01[unlisted obv. die]); Calicó –; Adda –; Hunter –; Biaggi –; Jameson –. In NGC encapsulation 6057674-001, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, brushed. Extremely rare; only two other examples were cited by Bland. This is apparently the third known. |