OCTAVIAN and JULIUS CAESAR. 43 BC. AV Aureus (8.07 gm). Mint in Gaul. C 
      CAESAR COS PONT AVG, bare head of Octavian right / C CAESAR D[ICT P]ERP 
      PONT MAX, laureate head of Caesar right. Crawford 490/2; Sear, CRI 132; R. 
      Newman, "A Dialogue of Power in the Coinage of Antony and Octavian," 
      ANSAJN 2 (1990), 43.9; Sydenham 1321; BMCRR (Gaul) 74; Bahrfeldt 28. Good 
      VF for type, slightly off-center. Very rare Julius Caesar portrait in 
      Gold. Only five specimens recorded by both Bahrfeldt and Crawford. 
      ($15,000) Ex Sotheby's 4/11/78, lot 5


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1837.
 
 Lot sold for $27500, plus buyers fees.

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