Watch List notes:

Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 24.70 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, AD 245. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, bareheaded and draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, S C across field, Philip II, in military dress, standing right, holding transverse spear with his right hand and globe in his left hand. RIC IV 255; Banti 10. Dark reddish-brown patina with traces of green, minor porosity, a few edge splits. EF.


From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 529; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 916; Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 542.