Molinari Plate Coin

CNG 85, Lot: 821. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.02 g, 5h). Rome mint. A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right / Lituus, guttus, and securis. Molinari 527 (D109/R318 – this coin, illustrated); Crawford 466/1; CRI 56; Calicó 37c; Sydenham 1018. Good VF, small scrape in upper field on reverse, scratches on edge and field on reverse.

Ex M. Ratto 5 (6 December 1933), lot 90; Bourgey (3 June 1912), lot 141.