CNG 112, Lot: 552. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 8.04 g, 8h). 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 from lower left. Crawford 466/1; Molinari – (D69/R281–unlisted die combination); CRI 56; Calicó 37; Sydenham 1018; BMCRR Rome 4052; RBW 1634. VF, Struck from worn dies, light marks and a few edge marks, center of reverse weakly struck. Struck on a broad flan.