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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 8066515, member: 112342&quot;]I did not have plans to get an Aelius any time soon, but I happen to come across a listing on eBay of a couple of unattributed coins to be identified, while one had a bust resembling Hadrian, the other one looked curious, it had curly hair with a beard, but I know it&#039;s not Marcus Aurelius or Septimius Severus, but resembled Lucius Verus, but upon closer inspection I just found out it&#039;s Aelius (makes sense as he was the father of Verus).</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s photo</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I just recieved it and briefly soaked it in acetone to remove what looked like verdigris on Spes, and I have to say it really looks good in hand, nice high relief that photos can&#039;t show properly, it&#039;s one of those coins where at certain angle it really pops up.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398476[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ae As</p><p>L AELIVS CAESAR</p><p>TR POT COS II S C</p><p>10 g</p><p>Lucius Aelius Caesar, whom Hadrian adopted as his heir but died before Hadrian in 138 AD, thus Antoninus Pius was chosen. Aelius was the father of Lucius Verus, and after Antoninus Pius, Verus and Marcus Aurelius became co-emperors. I really like how smooth the transition was one after the other!</p><p><br /></p><p>Share your Aelius![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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