CNG 97, Lot: 611. Estimate $15000. Sold for $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.90 g, 9h). 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. Crawford 466/1; Molinari 397-400 (D67/281); CRI 56; Calicó 37b-c; Sydenham 1018. EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.