443, Lot: 308. Estimate $150. Sold for $890. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.39 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 9 of Vespasian (AD 76/77). Laureate head right / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, with conical xoanon in center; Θ (date) in exergue. Prieur 1576 (this coin); Parks 18a; RPC II 1811. Near VF, toned, some roughness, deposits and light scratches. Extremely rare, six known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 37 (20 March 1996), lot 1113.