The Roman Empire
Aelius caesar, 136 – 138. Sestertius, Roma 137, Æ 25.25 g.
Description: L AELIVS – CAESAR Bare head r. Rev. TR POT – COS II S – C Concordia seated l. on throne, holding out patera and resting l. elbow on cornucopiae resting on ground; in exergue, CONCORD. References: C 7
BMC Hadrian 1918 var. (drapery on l. shoulder)
RIC Hadrian 1057 Condition: A portrait of great elegance, the work of a very skilled master engraver, struck in high relief. Pleasant brown tone, minor area of weakness on reverse, otherwise extremely fine Provenance: Adolph Hess sale 1 December 1913, Scheyer, 739
Schulman 1923, Vierordt, 1406
Ars Classica sale XVI, 1933, Churchill, 1686
Gelndining’s sale March 1974, 68
NFA sale XII, 1983, 271
Ira & Larry Goldberg sale 72, 2013, 4150
The Hunter collection