CNG 91, Lot: 945. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 19.29 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 4th emission, AD 245. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Philip seated left, holding globe and parazonium. RIC IV 148a; Banti 30. EF, dark gray patina, some red and brown, usual minor doubling at periphery, area of slight roughness on reverse. Well centered on a broad flan.