CNG 105, Lot: 729. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.25 g, 5h). Rome mint. Aulus 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 358 var. (D–/R268 [unlisted obv. die]); CRI 56; Calicó 37b-c; Sydenham 1018; RBW 1634–6. Good VF, obverse struck slightly off center, a few scuffs and scratches on the reverse.

From the DS Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 1000.