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Superb Quality Aelius Sestertius

Triton XVII, Lot: 696. Estimate $20000.
Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right / TR • POT COS • II, S C across field, CONCORD in exergue, Concordia seated left, holding patera in right hand, resting left elbow on a cornucopia which is set on the base of the chair. RIC II 1057a (Hadrian); Strack 880 (Hadrian) Banti 3; BMCRE 1918 var. (bust with slight drapery). Choice EF, dark green patina. Superb surfaces.