Live auction - brm_716497 - AELIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 15:03:24 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 137
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 29,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait d’Aelius, bien venu à la frappe. Faiblesse au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L AELIVS - CAESAR..
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Aélius à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Lucius Ælius Cæsar”, (Lucius Aelius césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [TR POT - COS II]// SC.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul Iterum”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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