EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 of Hadrian (AD 136/7). VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 of Hadrian (AD 136/7). Bare head right / ΔHM ЄΞO V C VΠAT B, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding a patera and cornucopia; to left, lighted altar. Köln 1271; Dattari (Savio) 2074-5; K&G 34.1; RPC III 6140; Curtis 566 (this coin (); Emmett 1350. Toned. VF.

From the David Chapman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 943052 (February 2013); Robert O. Ebert Collection; Coins from “A Nebraska Collector” (Olympus Coins list 5, Winter 1982/3), no. 77; Col. James W. Curtis Collection (Hans Schulman, 17 June 1958), lot 173 (part of); L. A. Lawrence Collection (Part II, Glendining, 17 January 1951), lot 1334 (part of).

In an unusual dating system for the time, this series of tetradrachms was issued carrying Aelius’ titles (and subsequent dates) as tribune and consul, the latter for the second time. Other series from Alexandria generally involved the dating of the coins with respect to the emperor’s regnal year rather than the conventions employed here.

Closing Date and Time: 12 November 2025 at 13:03:20 ET.

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