拍品描述： NGC Choice AU* | Roman Imperatorial, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, as Consul, Julius Cæsar, as Dictator Perpetuo and Pontifex Maximus, AV Aureus, struck July-August 43 BC, Military Mint with Octavian in Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul after the Battle of Mutina, C • CAESAR • COS • PONT • AVG •, bare head of youthful Octavian right, with traces of beard, rev. C • CAESAR • DICT • PERP • PONT • [MAX] bare head of Julius Caesar right, 8.00g [123.5grns], 2h (Cohen 2; BM R.9134 [Cracherode] = BMC Gaul 74-75; Sydenham 1321; Julia 64; RRC 490/2 [R3]; RCV I, 1525; Bahrfeldt 28; Calicó 52; CRI 132; Kestner –; Kent-Hirmer 115; Sear Imperators 132; RBW 1714; Octave Fontana [1860], 684; Palais du Trocadero [Auguste Dutuit, 1879] 268 same dies; Newman "A Dialogue of Power in the Coinage of Antony and Octavian," ANS, AJN Vol. 2 (1990), pp 40, 43.9, pp. 54-55; Woytek Arma et Nummi 243; CNG, Triton XXIV, lot 983 same dies), a trace off-centre but otherwise unimpinged and beautifully crisp legend readings especially G • CAES • DICT • PERP; struck on a fresh flan oozing with mint bloom, a small metal flaw above Octavian and a touch of die softening to Caesars veristic death mask portrait, otherwise outstandingly preserved for issue, almost extremely fine, excessively rare in this state, a splendacious coin with compelling eye-appeal and totemic significance in the numismatic storyboard of the Ancient World, this depicting Caesars nominated 18-year old successor Octavian and future first Emperor Augustus shortly after the Battle of Mutina, in NGC Ancients holder, highly deservedly graded Choice AU STAR (Cert. #6769441-002) [Strike 4/5; Surface 4/5]