443, Lot: 310. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 12.73 g, 12h). Laureate head of Vespasian left; c/m: draped bust of Julia Domna right, IOV to left; all within oval incuse / Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera and scepter, with eagle perched on wrist; grain ear in exergue. For coin: Prieur 1566; Parks 16d; RPC II 1805; for countermark: Prieur –; Howgego 847 (this coin illustrated on pl. 32). VF, toned, some porosity, reverse lamination; c/m: VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 972.