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Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 22.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Fortuna standing right, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia, and Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II.3 2683; Banti 39. Brown patina, edge split, minor smoothing, a few light scratches. Near EF. An imposing portrait.
From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Pars Coins (inv. PCW-R4353). Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory (ticket included); Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 385; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 4 (3 December 1985), lot 5514.
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