137, Lot: 228. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.47 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 435 (Hadrian); RSC 55. VF, toned.

From the Father Wilbur B. Dexter Collection.