436, Lot: 506. Estimate $1000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 8.15 g, 6h). 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 – (unlisted dies); CRI 56; Calicó 37b-c; Sydenham 1018. Near VF, surface and edge marks.