CNG 99, Lot: 563. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 8.10 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. Molinari 340-2 (D50/R254); Crawford 466/1; CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; Kestner 3636; BMCRR Rome 4052; CNR 111/6; Bahrfeldt 19; Calicó 37b; Biaggi –; RBW 1634-6. VF, riverine surfaces, a few minor flan flaws, struck with worn dies. Well centered on a broad flan.