Friend of the Poet Catullus; Partisan of Both Caesar and Brutus

415, Lot: 295. Estimate $150. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON (Roman Province). Q. Hortensius Q. f. Hortalus. Proconsul, 44-43 BC. Æ (25mm, 13.42 g, 6h). Cassandraea or Dium mint. Bare head of Hortensius right / Plow right; yoke above; measuring rod to right. RPC I 1509; Kermydi-Sicilianou, Hortensius, 1-19; FITA, p. 33. VF, dark green patina, some earthen deposits. Extremely rare.

From the Belgica Collection.