★ Very Rare Portrait Aureus of Julius Caesar ★

The Triumvirs. Octavian and Julius Caesar. August 43 BC. AV Aureus (16.5mm, 7.90 g, 6h). Military mint travelling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; [C • CAESA]R• COS • PO(NT) • (AV)G • around / Head of Julius Caesar right, wearing wreath; [C • CAESAR • DIC]T • PERP • PO(NT) • (MA)X • around. Crawford 490/2; CRI 132; Bahrfeldt 28; Calicó 52; Sydenham 1321; BMCRR Gaul 74-5; Kestner –; cf. CNR 1/3 and 4/2 (for type); RBW 1714. Light scratches and marks, edge bump. Near VF. Very rare.