The Triumvirs. Octavian and Julius Caesar. August 43 BC. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.70 g, 9h). Military mint travelling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head of Octavian right; C • CAESAR • COS • PO(NT) • (AV)G • around / Head of Julius Caesar right, wearing wreath; C • CAESAR • DICT • PERP • PO(NT) (MA)X around. Crawford 490/2; CRI 132; Bahrfeldt 28; Calicó 52; Sydenham 1321; BMCRR Gaul 74-5; Kestner –; RBW 1714. Some light marks and scratches. VF. Exceptionally well centered for the issue. Very rare.
From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty, C.M., O.B.E. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 41 (20 November 2007), lot 21 (hammer 52,500 CHF); Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 826.