Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1182. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIP I. 244-249 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.65 gm, 12h). Struck 244 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines across field; all within laurel wreath. RIC IV 195a; Pink III, pg. 19; Banti 63; Hunter 84; Cohen 246. EF, mottled green and brick-red patina with minor traces of black. Rare. ($1000)