172, Lot: 223. Estimate $100. Sold for $186. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ As (26mm, 10.99 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Spes standing left, holding flower in right hand, raising hem of skirt with left. RIC II 1067 (Hadrian); BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian); Cohen 59. VF, dark brown surfaces.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.