283, Lot: 377. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (25mm, 15.04 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 11th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Signum, surmounted by hand, and aquila, flanked by two signa. RIC IV 171a; Banti 14. Good VF, dark gray patina, some brown, red flecks, slight die shift on reverse. Extremely rare with S C across field rather than in exergue. Banti records only one example, compared with thirty with S C in exergue.