Watch List notes:

Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.46 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SAECVLARES AVGG, S C across field, cippus inscribed COS/ III in two lines. RIC IV 162a; Banti 51a. Dark brown patina, hairline flan crack. Near EF.

From the Rome on the Euphrates Collection. Displayed at "Villa to Grave" Roman exhibit at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art September 2003-August 2005.