443, Lot: 299. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 12.64 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 8 (AD 75/76). Laureate head left / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, with conical xoanon in center. Prieur 1562 (this coin); Parks 16a; RPC II 1802. VF, toned, roughness and light scratches. Very rare, eight known to Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.