305, Lot: 331. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 15.70 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 1st emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Salus standing left, holding rudder set on globe and feeding serpent rising from altar at left. RIC IV 187a corr. (rudder not scepter); Banti 55 corr. (same). VF, dark gray patina, some red, slight doubling on reverse, short edge split.