Gemini III, January 9th, 2007 Lot # 435 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$500 / Price Realized: US$700 Philip I. Silver antoninianus Philip I. (244-249 AD). Silver antoninianus (4.28 gm). Antioch, c. 248 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC 82 var. Cohen 8. Rare with this seen-from-front bust type: only three specimens known to Roger Bland c. 1990. Fleur de coin. © 2006 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com ... Lot 435 sold for high bid of $700 [ $805, or approx 622.265 EUR, 410.55 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) and Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)