Philip I (244-249), Sestertius, Rome, AD 249; AE (g 20,72; mm 31; h 1); IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., Rv. SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus millenarius inscribed COS / III in two lines. RIC 162a.
A bold portrait, a wonderful brown tone and extremely fine.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction A (1991), lot 1915 and New York sale n. 23 (2010), lot 204. From the Paulo Leitão collection.