409, Lot: 468. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Diobol (25mm, 9.33 g, 12h). Struck AD 137. Bareheaded and draped bust right / ΔHM ЄΞOV C VΠAT [B], Homonoia standing left, holding patera and grain ears. Köln 1272; Dattari (Savio) 2079; K&G 34.6; Emmett 1353. VF, attractive brown patina with traces of green and red.

An interesting dating convention for the time, this series of coinage was issued carrying Aelius’ titles (and subsequent dates) as tribune and consul, the latter for the second time. Other series generally involved the dating of the coins with respect to the emperor’s regnal year rather than the conventions employed here.