398, Lot: 528. Estimate $500. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. As Caesar, AD 138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.71 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, February-July AD 138. Bare head right / Pietas standing left, extending both arms over two small togate figures standing to either side of her. RIC II 1085 (Hadrian) var. (PIETAS across field); Banti 275. VF, brown-green surfaces, a few minor rough spots on the reverse, some light cleaning marks. Rare, this coin is the only example in CoinArchives.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 375 (1 June 2016), lot 688.

After the sudden death of Aelius Caesar on 1 January AD 138, Hadrian was left without a successor. T. Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus, an individual from a distinguished family and with a competent, if not particularly noteworthy career, became Hadrian's new heir. Before Hadrian's own death seven months later, Antoninus was virtual emperor; thus, the transition of government easily passed into his reign.