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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     74000630      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Aelius Date Ruled:     Caesar, AD 136-138 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Aureus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 137 Weight:     7.17 g Die Axis:     6 h Obverse Legend:     L AELIVS CAESAR Obverse Description:     Bare head left Reverse Legend:     TRIB POT COS II / CONCORD Reverse Description:     Concordia seated left, feet on footstool, holding patera in extended right hand, leaning left arm on cornucopia set on seat Exergue:     CONCORD Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     RIC 0443c Reference2:     Calico 1445 Reference3:     BMCRE 999 Reference4:     Cohen 012; Strack 398 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97043 Grade:     EF, lustrous Notes:     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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