HistoricalCoins

  64, Lot: 279. PHILIP II. 247-249 AD. Æ 
  Sestertius (26mm, 17.89 gm). Struck 248 AD. 
  Estimate $100. Sold For $68 

  PHILIP II. 247-249 AD. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 17.89 
  gm). Struck 248 AD. Laureate, draped and 
  cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Goat 
  walking left. RIC IV 264a; Cohen 73. VF, dark 
  brown patina under some light green 
  encrustation. 
  From the Charles E. Weber Collection.
  This issue commemorates in part the millenial 
  anniversary of the foundation of Rome.