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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 5157251, member: 75143"]Aelius? Who? Before I bought this coin for the <i><b>kingly sum of <u>$40 USD</u></b></i>, I had never heard of this name. Why would I ever pay so much for someone I never knew about? Beats me. I guess the bidding war got to my head. After the purchase, turns out that coins of Aelius are actually rather expensive, so I think I got a decent deal overall. I'm especially stoked on how clear the L AELIVS is on the left of the portrait, especially considering that most of the legend on both sides is worn away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Turns out, Lucius Aelius was a rather important guy, so much so that Hadrian adopted and appointed him as successor. Unfortunately, Aelius died before Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius ruled in his stead.</p><p>Aelius is also known as being the father of Lucius Verus, someone I am just a bit more familiar with, and who is known to me as being who's hard to tell apart from Marcus Aurelius on coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209332[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is an As, RIC 1071v.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was initially drawn to this coin as having the longest exergue text I've ever seen - PANNONIA. Previously, my longest exergue was VRB*ROM on a small bronze of Julian II.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's definitely got one of the most cluttered reverse texts I have, with a surrounding legend, S-C across fields, and a stupid long exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>^^Anybody know why PANNONIA is in the exergue instead of...somewhere else...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 5157251, member: 75143"]Aelius? Who? Before I bought this coin for the [I][B]kingly sum of [U]$40 USD[/U][/B][/I], I had never heard of this name. Why would I ever pay so much for someone I never knew about? Beats me. I guess the bidding war got to my head. After the purchase, turns out that coins of Aelius are actually rather expensive, so I think I got a decent deal overall. I'm especially stoked on how clear the L AELIVS is on the left of the portrait, especially considering that most of the legend on both sides is worn away. Turns out, Lucius Aelius was a rather important guy, so much so that Hadrian adopted and appointed him as successor. Unfortunately, Aelius died before Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius ruled in his stead. Aelius is also known as being the father of Lucius Verus, someone I am just a bit more familiar with, and who is known to me as being who's hard to tell apart from Marcus Aurelius on coins. [ATTACH=full]1209332[/ATTACH] This is an As, RIC 1071v. I was initially drawn to this coin as having the longest exergue text I've ever seen - PANNONIA. Previously, my longest exergue was VRB*ROM on a small bronze of Julian II. It's definitely got one of the most cluttered reverse texts I have, with a surrounding legend, S-C across fields, and a stupid long exergue. ^^Anybody know why PANNONIA is in the exergue instead of...somewhere else...[/QUOTE]
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