Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1181. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP I. 244-249 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.75 gm, 11h). Struck 244-245 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / PAX AETERNA, S C across field, Pax standing left, holding olive branch in raised right hand and sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 184a; Pink III, pg. 30; Banti 26; Hunter 71; Cohen 105. EF, mottled red and brown patina under gray-green overtones. ($1500)