Julius Caesar AV Aureus. Rome, early 46 BC. A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled female head (Vesta?) 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; CRI 56; Calicó 37b; Molinari 480 (this coin, D90/R303). 7.75g, 21mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine; beautifully centred on a broad flan.
This coin published in M.C. Molinari, "Gli aurei a nome di Giulio Cesare e Aulo Irzio" in Rivista Italiana di Numismatica 104, 2003;
Ex Matthew Curtis Collection;
Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Crédit Suisse), Auction 8, 27 October 1987, lot 1064.