Too bad it's depatinated, the portraiture is nicely done Philippus I, Sestertius struck in Rome in 248 AD IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Draped and laureate bust of Philippus right P M TRP V COS III PP, Felicitas standing left, holding cornucopiae and caduceus 18.71 gr Ref : Cohen #149, RCV # 9008 Q
I did not depatinate it myself, it is just that I love roman bronzes in their natural color. So I prefer my Sestertii in a yellowish or tan Orichalcum color and my asses in red. Everybody else seems to prefer their bronzes with a dark coat but in hand I find them more impressive without. Also, believe it or not, they are much harder to find like this. I would actually rather have it in a yellow but uncleaned "Tiber Patina" style myself, but for whatever reason that does not seem to exist for post-Caracalla Sestertii (they get more reddish after that and tend to be dark grayish from Decius onwards as the metal got worse and worse). But then, it only cost me 35 Euros, so I don´t regret
