Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 18.81 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249.

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Lot: 489. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 18.81 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETERNITAS AVGG, C S (sic), elephant advancing left, guided by mahout, holding goad and wand. RIC IV 167a; Banti 7. Attractive chestnut brown patina. Good VF. The die engraver accidentally reversed the S C in the exergue on the reverse. Interesting error.

Ex CNG Inventory 943723 (March 2013); Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 5638 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 6 January 2021 at 12:42:40 ET.

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