Aelius as Caesar AD 136-138 Silver Denarius Rome
£165.00
Aelius as Caesar AD 136-138 Silver Denarius
Bare head right/Concordia enthroned left
Rome
RCV3967; 17mm, 2.97g
Lucius Ceionius Commodus, son and grandson of the consuls of AD 106 and 78, was born around AD 104. For reasons which are not clear Hadrian regarded him as a suitable candidate as his successor. He was a praetor in AD 130 and his first consulship was in AD 136. Later that same year he was adopted by Hadrian as his heir whereupon he took the name Aelius.
To gain administrative and military experience he was sent to govern the two Pannonias. He celebrated his second consulship in AD 137 and was now permitted a share of the Imperial coinage. This was issued in all denominations. Unfortunately Aelius died suddenly on New Years Day AD 138 creating a constitutional crisis as Hadrian was by then in declining health.
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