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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar

137

Roman

Rome

The front of this coin portrays Lucius Aelius Caesar facing right.

On the back the figure of Concord is shown seated, holding a shallow dish called a patera in her right hand as her left elbow rests on a cornucopia.

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