Watch List notes:

Philip I. Sestertius; Philip I; 244-249 AD, Rome, 248 AD, Sestertius, 15.70g. RIC-154a, C-151 (Paris, 6 Fr.). Obv: IMP [PH]ILIPPVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: P M TR P V COS III P P around, S C in exergue, Emperor seated l. on curule chair holding globe and short scepter. Though common on sestertii of 245 (TR P II COS), this emperor-seated type is very rare on sestertii of 248 (TR P V COS III). In his survey of the coins of Philip and family in major public collections, Roger Bland found only three specimens, in the BM, Paris, and Vienna, of this emperor-seated sestertius dated TR P V. From the Curtis Clay Collection; ex Gitbud-Naumann E16, 4 May 2014, lot 1070.. EF