170, Lot: 244. Estimate $200. Sold for $403. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.55 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Spes standing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt. RIC II 1055 (Hadrian); BMCRE 1914 (Hadrian); Cohen 56. Near VF, brown patina with lighter high points, small flan crack, minor roughness.