147, Lot: 243. Estimate $150. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. Æ As (27mm, 10.29 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 137. Bare head right / Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 1067 (Hadrian). Near VF, brown-green surfaces, a little rough.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.