CNG 93, Lot: 1170. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ As (25mm, 10.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. Bare head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 1067 (Hadrian). Good VF, dark brown patina, some red, traces of green, minor roughness.

From the Chiltern Collection.