The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
Lot 3278 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Roman
Estimate $1,000
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SOLD $2,500
REPUBLIC, Julius Caesar, (assassinated 44 B.C.), gold aureus, Rome Mint, issued 46 B.C., moneyer A. Hirtius (8.04 gm). Obv. C CAESAR COS TER, veiled female head to right, dotted border, rev. A.HIRTIUS P R, lituus, jug and axe, dotted border, (S.1395, Cr.466/1, Syd.1017). Large flan, off centred, nearly very fine and scarce.
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