443, Lot: 302. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 12.78 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 9 (AD 76/77). Laureate head left / Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera and scepter, with eagle perched on wrist; grain ear in exergue. Prieur 1566; Parks 16d; RPC II 1805. VF, toned, some light scratches and marks. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Pegasi II (8 June 1996), lot 311.