Triton XXII, Lot: 938. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.80 g, 12h). 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 442-3 (D80/R290); CRI 56; Calicó 37b; Sydenham 1018; BMCRR Rome 4052; RBW 1634. Good VF, toned, a few edge marks.

From the DMS Collection.