Ancients
Julius Caesar, as Consul for the Third Time (46 BC), with Aulus Hirtius, as Praetor. AV aureus (19mm, 7.97 gm, 5h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, 46 BC. C•CAESAR-COS•TER, veiled female head (Vesta or Pietas?) right, with features of Julius Caesar / A•HIRTIVS•P R, lituus, oenochoe, and securis, all turned left (emblems of the augurate and pontificate). Calicó 37. Crawford 466/1. Sydenham 1017-1018. Hirtia 1 and Julia 22. Good strike bolstered by lemony matte surfaces with all designs visible.
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