Watch List notes:

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 18.12 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elephant adorned with saddle-cloth walking left, guided by mahout, holding goad and wand. RIC IV 167a; Banti 8. Dark green-brown patina, some smoothing and marks, traces of earthen deposits. Near VF.

From the Midwest Collection.