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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 405

(x) Roman Imperatorial, Julius Caesar, Third Consulship, with Aulus Hirtius as Praetor (49-44 BC), AV Aureus, 46 BC, Rome, G CAESAR COS • TER, veiled head of Vesta or Pietas right, rev. A • HIRTIVS • P R, lituus, oenochoe, and securis (augurate and pontificate symbols), 8.13g, 3h (RRC 466/1; Sydenham 1017-1018; Hirtia 2 and Julia 24; Bahrfeldt 19; Calicó 37c), off-struck on an exceptionally broad flan, residually lustrous, very fine, an iconic issue from the lifetime of the most famous character in the Ancient World

Provenance
The George Webber Collection of World Gold Coins
Spink, 10 November 1972 - £200

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
$6,500

Starting price
$3000