377, Lot: 520. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.10 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Annona standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over modius to left. RIC IV 168d; Banti 10. VF, dark gray patina, slight die shift on obverse, some edge splits. Rare. Banti records only two examples with this obverse legend.