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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 380 € |
| Maximum bid : | 380 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2023 14:43:30 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 137
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 24,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli portrait d’Aelius, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L AELIVS - CAESAR.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Aelius à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Lucius Ælius Cæsar”, (Lucius Aelius césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : T-R - POT COS II/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) debout à gauche, tournée à droite, drapée, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite posé sur un globe et tenant de la main gauche une corne d’abondance et Spes (l’Espérance) debout à droite, tournée à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche, face à face.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois).
Historical background
AELIUS
(+1/01/138)
Caesar
Aélius receives the title of Caesar at the very end of 136. Consul in 137, he becomes Lucius Ælius Verus and is sent as governor to Pannonia in 137. Sick, he returns to Rome and dies on January 1, 138.
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