CNG 94, Lot: 1170. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Salus standing left, holding scepter and patera, feeding a snake coiled around altar. RIC II 434 (Hadrian); RSC 54. Near EF, dark, hoard toning, minor roughness. Wonderful portrait.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.