JULIUS CAESAR GOLD AUREUS – EARLY STYLE SPECIMEN OF HIRTIUS’ EMISSIONS – CHOICE FINE NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL GOLD COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 18542)

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18542. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, d. 44 BC.
Gold aureus, 8.08 g, 19 mm. Issue of A. Hirtius, praetor, in Rome, ca. 46 BC.
Obv. C CAESAR COS TER, veiled head of divinity, perhaps Vesta or Pietas. Rev. A HIRTIVS P R, lituus, oenochoe, and securis, (emblems of the augurate and pontificate).
Crawford, 466/1; Sydenham, 1017 (same obverse die as illustrated specimen); Calicó, 36a.
M. C. Molinari, “Gli aurei a nome di Giulio Cesare e AuloIrzio,” RIN 104 (2003), unlisted die combination of obverse 3 and reverse 211, cf. nos. 80-95..
NGC graded CHOICE FINE, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, a die combination unknown by Molinari when she published her die study.