585
Aelius (Caesar, AD 136-138), Silver Denarius, 3.18g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 137.
L.AELIVS CAESAR
,
bare head facing right. Rev.
TR POT COS II
, Pietas standing left, raising right hand and holding a box, an
altar on left (RIC 432; C 53; RCV 3974). With a very good and well-struck portrait, attractive light toning,
extremely fine.
$ 400
586
Aelius (Caesar, AD 136-138), Silver Denarius, 3.29g. Mint of Rome, under Hadrian, AD 137.
L AELIVS
CAESAR
, bare head facing right. Rev.
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.
$ 1,000
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-Devnia 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 specimens relative to several other types found in Réka-Devnia; however, it remains an elusive rarity for todays specialist
of Hadrian’s coinage.
587 588
587
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Æ As, 8.43g, 12h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 140-144.
ANTONINVS AVG
PIVS P P
, head facing right, laureate. Rev.
TR POT COS III / S C
, knife, sprinkler, ewer, lituus and simpulum
(RIC 704a; C 922; RCV 4316). Very attractive green-brown patina, good portrait, extremely fine.
$ 500
ex William C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 42, 28 September 2005, lot 733
588
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Æ Dupondius, 11.53g, 12h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 144.
ANTONINVS
AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III
, head facing right, radiate. Rev.
SALVS AVG, S-C
, Salus standing left, feeding from
a patera a snake rising from an altar, and holding a sceptre (RIC 668; C 714; RCV 4283). Dark brown patina,
good very fine.
$ 250
589
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Silver Denarius, 3.4g. Mint of Rome, AD 145-147.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS
P P
, laureate head facing right. Rev.
COS IIII
, winged thunderbolt set on draped throne (RIC 137; Strack 165;
BMC 536-9; RSC 345). Well struck and well centred, lustrous surfaces, mint state.
$ 500
