Triton XVI, Lot: 889. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 8.20 g, 5h). Rome mint. A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C • CAESAR COS • TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, guttus, and securis; A HIRTIVS PR around lower left. Molinari - (D77/R280; an unlisted die combination); Crawford 466/1; CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; Kestner 3634-6; BMCRR Rome 4050; Bahrfeldt 19; Calicó 37b. Near EF, some small deposits on edges of obverse, traces of underlying luster.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 268.