Aelius, Caesar, 136-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 24.30 g, 5 h), Rome, 137. L AELIVS CAESAR Bare head of Aelius to right. Rev. TR POT COS II / S C Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising hem of skirt with her left. Cohen 56. RIC 1055 (Hadrian). With an attractive green patina and a very elegant head of Aelius, but with Spes having curiously solid shoulders!. About extremely fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Prof. L. De Nicola in Rome in the early 1960s.