151
3160
Aelius. Silver Denarius (3.29 g), Caesar, AD 136-138.
Rome, under
Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head of Aelius right.
Re-
verse:
TRIB POT COS II, CONCORD in exergue, Concordia seated
left, holding patera and resting arm on cornucopiae balanced on side of
throne. Cf. RIC 443 (aureus); Strack 398; BMC 1001; RSC 11a. Boldly
struck with the portrait in high relief.
Extremely Fine.
Overlooking the BM specimen, Mattingly and Sydenham omitted
this type when compiling RIC II, which was published in 1926. Four
specimens were amongst the coins in the massive 1929 Réka-Dev-
nia Hoard, and perhaps it is for this reason that it was ‘rediscovered’
by both Strack in his study of Hadrian (1933) and Mattingly in BMC
(1936). The type was marginally more common by number of speci-
mens relative to several other types found in Réka-Devnia; however,
it remains an elusive rarity for today’s specialist of Hadrian’s coinage.
Estimated Value................................................................. $1,000 - 1,300
3161
Antoninus Pius. Silver Denarius (2.88 g), AD 138-
161.
Rome, ca. AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG
PI-VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head of Antoni-
nus Pius right.
Reverse:
AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F
COS, bare-headed and draped bust of Marcus Aure-
lius right. RIC 417c; Strack 116; BMC 160, note; RSC
22. Well struck with full legends.
Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value............................................. $500 - 600
Ex Goldberg 74 (4 June 2013), 3613.
3162
Antoninus Pius. Silver Denarius (3.4
g), AD 138-161.
Rome, AD 145-147.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate
head of Antoninus Pius right.
Reverse:
COS IIII, winged thunderbolt set on
drapedthrone.RIC137;Strack165;BMC
536-9; RSC 345. Well struck and well
centered. Lustrous surfaces.
Mint State.
Estimated Value................. $500 - 600
