Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3316. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Sestertius (25.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Fortuna standing right, holding rudder and cornucopia, vis-à-vis Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 1054; Banti 38. VF, brown surfaces, traces of green, areas of roughness, small attempted drill hole on reverse. Rare. Banti records only one example.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.