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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3304771, member: 56859&quot;]<strike>Yes he was!&nbsp; In <i>Historia Augusta</i> the wag of an author hints that Hadrian chose Aelius because of his looks, and that he came to regret the choice. Had Aelius not died before Hadrian, the author suggests Hadrian would have had him &quot;eliminated&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</strike>&nbsp; [edited:&nbsp; incorrect information; the passage was about Lucius Verus.]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let me trot out my rockin&#039; Secret Saturn gift once again!&nbsp; Wowza, what an amazingly generous and wonderful gift!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aeliustet-ss2018-rt-jpg.861024/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius</b></p><p>137 CE</p><p>Billon tetradrachm; 23 mm, 13.16 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right</p><p>Rev: ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar</p><p>Ref: Köln 1271; Milne 1539; Emmett 1350.2</p><p><i>Ex John A. Seeger Collection</i></p><p><i>Received from my Secret Saturn, 2018</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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