Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1498. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AELIUS, Caesar. 136-138 AD. AR Denarius (3.39 gm). Struck 137 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Pietas standing half-left, holding incense box with lid raised and dropping incense onto lighted and garlanded altar. RIC II 432 (Hadrian) var. (bare head right); BMCRE 975 (Hadrian) (same dies); RSC 53a. Toned VF. Attractive. ($300)