CNG 91, Lot: 847. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.12 g, 1h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. C • CAESAR COS • TER, veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, guttus, and securis; A HIRTIVS PR around lower left. Molinari - (D89/R301; an unlisted die combination); Crawford 466/1; CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; Calicó 37b. In NGC encapsulation graded XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5, traces of possible prior mounting.