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ID: |
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74000630 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Aelius |
| Date Ruled: |
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Caesar, AD 136-138
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Aureus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 137 |
| Weight: |
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7.17 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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L AELIVS CAESAR |
| Obverse Description: |
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Bare head left |
| Reverse Legend: |
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TRIB POT COS II / CONCORD |
| Reverse Description: |
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Concordia seated left, feet on footstool, holding patera in extended right hand, leaning left arm on cornucopia set on seat |
| Exergue: |
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CONCORD |
| Mint: |
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Rome |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 0443c |
| Reference2: |
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Calico 1445 |
| Reference3: |
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BMCRE 999 |
| Reference4: |
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Cohen 012; Strack 398 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97043 |
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Grade:
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EF, lustrous |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton X, Lot: 630 L. Ceionius Commodus, grandson and son of the consuls of AD 78 and 106, brother of Faustina Senior, was born about AD 104. He was praetor in AD 130, and in AD 136 he celebrated his first consulship. That same year Hadrian adopted L. Ceionius Commodus, who took the name of Lucius Aelius Caesar. On 1 January AD 137, he began his second consulship and it was at this time that he began to participate in the coinage. Unfortunately, Aelius predeceased Hadrian, dying of a massive hemorrhage on New Year's Day AD 138. Hadrian subsequently adopted Antoninus Pius as his new heir, on the condition that Pius likewise adopt Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the latter being the son of Aelius and Domitia Lucilla. |
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