CNG 87, Lot: 943. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (19mm, 8.06 g, 11h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, guttus, and securis; A HIRTIVS PR to lower left. Molinari 354-6 (D55/R265); Crawford 466/1; CRI 56; Calicó 37b; Sydenham 1018. VF, struck with worn dies, a few marks.