431, Lot: 326. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Hemidrachm (28mm, 11.36 g, 12h). Struck AD 137. Λ AIΛI[OC K]AICAP, bareheaded and draped bust right / [Δ]HM ЄΞOY C [Y]ΠAT • B •, Homonoia enthroned left, holding phiale with her extended right hand, her left arm resting on throne’s armrest; cornucopia at side of throne; OMONOIA in exergue. Köln 1273; Dattari (Savio) 2078 & 7995; K&G 34.5; RPC III 6234/26 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 316); Emmett 1352 (R3); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 165 (this coin). Good VF, dark brown surfaces. Very rare denomination for Aelius, and this is an exceptional example.

Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 103; Auctiones AG 26 (16 September 1996), lot 409.