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Buy or Bid Sale 198  7 July 2016
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Lot 222

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Aelius as Caesar; 136-138 AD, Rome, 137 AD, Denarius, 2.98g. BM-975, RSC-53a, RIC-432 var. Obv: L AELIVS - CAESAR Bust draped, head bare, r. Rx: TR POT - COS II Pietas standing l. extending r. hand above altar and holding incense box in l. hand. Rare obverse variant showing draped bust rather that mere head of Aelius Caesar. Strack-943 records specimens of this variant in Sofia, Vienna, and Oxford, plus the BM specimen cited above; two more are included in Berk photofile.A bit rough A bit rough. aEF (825)
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