Watch List notes:

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 19.24 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 3rd emission, AD 246-24. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANNONA AVGG, S C across field, Annona standing facing, head left, holding grain ears with her right hand over modius to left, cradling cornucopia with her left arm. RIC IV 168a; Banti 9. Attractive dark green patina with touches of red. EF. Powerful portrait.


From the Jack A. Frazer Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, September 1998.