137, Lot: 229. Estimate $100. Sold for $64. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 20.39 g). Rome mint. Struck 137 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Spes standing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt. RIC II 1055 (Hadrian); Cohen 58. Near Fine, brown surfaces, a little rough.

From the Father Wilbur B. Dexter Collection.