Ex J. P. Morgan Collection

429, Lot: 307. Estimate $2000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 8.09 g, 4h). 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; CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; Bahrfeldt 19; Calicó 37b; Biaggi –; RBW 1634-6; Morgan 1 (Roman, p. 37 – this coin). In NGC encapsulation, 4251338-008, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, edge bend.

Ex J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (Stack’s, 14 September 1983), lot 35.