CNG 102, Lot: 962. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head left / TRIB POT COS II, PIE TAS across field, Pietas standing right, holding acerrum in left hand, sprinkling incense over lighted and garlanded altar with right. RIC II 444c (Hadrian); Calicó 1449 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 1004; Biaggi 692 (same obv. die). VF, a few light marks.