443, Lot: 307. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Didrachm (19mm, 5.14 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 9 of Vespasian (AD 76/77). Laureate head right / Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera and scepter, with eagle perched on wrist. Prieur 1575 (this coin); Parks 18b; RPC II 1810. VF, toned, roughness, scratches. Extremely rare, six known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Carlo Fontana Collection (Finarte Casa D’Aste 995, 26 November 1996), lot 848, purchased from M. Ratto, 1955.