Details
LOT 2874
Aelius, Caesar AR Denarius. AD 136-138.
Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2625; BMCRE 981-2 (Hadrian); RSC 1. Very Fine.(2.61gr, 16mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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