CNG 109, Lot: 458. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Diobol (23mm, 10.67 g, 12h). Struck AD 137. Bareheaded and draped bust right / ΔHM • ЄΞO V C • VΠAT • B •, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and grain ears. Köln 1272; Dattari (Savio) 2079; K&G 34.6; RPC III 6242; Emmett 1353. Near VF, dark green and brown patina.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (May 1997).

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.