Watch List notes:

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.75 g, 1h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C • CAESAR COS • TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis, and securis; A HIRTIVS PR around from lower left. Crawford 466/1; Molinari 480 (this coin cited – D90/R303); CRI 56; Calicó 37; Sydenham 1018; BMCRR Rome 4052; Kestner 3634-6; RBW 1634. Lightly toned. Good VF.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 8 (27 October 1987), lot 1064.