CNG 100, Lot: 1816. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.96 g, 3h). 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 361 var. (D–/R266 [unlisted obv. die); CRI 56; Calicó 37b-c; Sydenham 1018. VF, small punch on reverse, minor marks, traces of deposits.

From the Olav E. Klingenberg Collection, purchased from Spink, 2009.