447, Lot: 533. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Dupondius (24.5mm, 8.31 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 3rd officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SAECVLARES AVGG, S C across field, cippus inscribed COS/ II in two lines. RIC IV 265c. Attractive green patina, hairline flan crack, some light cleaning marks in fields. Good VF.

From the Midwest Collection. Ex John Bitner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 1298; Rey Gomez Collection (Freeman & Sear 9, 16 July 2003), lot 315 (hammer $900).