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Dupondius or As - Lucius Aelius TR POT COS II SALVS S C, Salus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 137 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Rome Mint |
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Lucius Aelius was Hadrian's first chosen successor, adopted in 136 AD despite the Senate's deep reservations about the selection. He died of illness on January 1, 138 — before Hadrian himself — rendering the entire succession plan moot and making his coinage a brief, administratively awkward interlude. Hadrian then adopted Antoninus Pius, stipulating that Antoninus in turn adopt Marcus Aurelius and the future Lucius Verus, who was Aelius's own son.
The SALVS type carries some irony: Aelius was chronically unwell throughout his tenure as Caesar, spending much of 137 in Pannonia nominally on campaign but largely convalescing.