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Aureus with head of Aelius Verus, struck under Hadrian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 137
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 7.05 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number52.1017
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of L. Aelius, bare, right.
L AELIVS CAESAR
Reverse: Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left on cornucopiae.
TRIBPOT COSII CONCORD (in exergue)
L AELIVS CAESAR
Reverse: Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left on cornucopiae.
TRIBPOT COSII CONCORD (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy 1952: with Hotel Drouot, 7 rue Drouot, Paris (auction, June 13, 1952, lot 178); sold at Hotel Drouot auction to Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland on behalf of MFA; September 11, 1952: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G. for $77.50