CNG 93, Lot: 1122. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 8.09 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Munatius Plancus, praefectus urbi. Draped and winged bust of Victory right; C • CAES DICT • TER around / Praefericulum; L • PLANC up left, PR • VRB down right. Crawford 475/1b; CRI 60a; Bahrfeldt 335 var. (legends); Calicó 44; Sydenham 1019b. VF, toned.

Plancus was a friend of Caesar and served under him in the Gallic and Civil Wars. He was consul in 42 BC according to the arrangement made by Caesar and then followed Antony to Asia, but deserted him in 32 shortly before the outbreak of civil war with Octavian. Plancus resided in Rome for the rest of his life, and it was on his proposal that Octavian received the title Augustus in 27 BC.