CNG 103, Lot: 696. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. Bare head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 435 (Hadrian); RSC 55. Near EF, bright surfaces.

From the Korwin Collection. Ex Rauch 89 (5 December 2011), lot 1575.