Watch List notes:

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.99 g, 3h). 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 250-1 (D29/R229); CRI 56; Calicó 37; Sydenham 1018; RBW 1634. Light earthen deposits, faint scratches, flan a bit irregular. VF.


From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Cederlind BBS 170 (7 August 2013), lot 208.