238, Lot: 549. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (25mm, 16.26 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Annona standing left, holding grain ears over modius and cornucopia. RIC IV 168d; Banti 10. VF, tan patina, traces of red and green, some roughness. Rare. Banti records only two examples with this obverse legend.