CNG 85, Lot: 1095. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.71 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 11th emission of Philip I, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Philip I and Philip II seated left, each extending hand, figure on right holds parazonium. RIC IV 267a; Banti 1. EF, dark brown patina, some flecks of red, minor roughness. Bold portrait.