455, Lot: 262. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (19mm, 8.12 g, 5h). 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 402-4 (D68/R278); CRI 56; Calicó 37; Sydenham 1018; BMCRR Rome 4052; RBW 1634. Lightly toned, a few light marks and scratches, metal and die flaws, slight bend in flan. VF.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 10 (11 February 2004), lot 391.