Selections from the Michel Prieur Collection

CNG 111, Lot: 504. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.99 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 8 (AD 75/76). Laureate head left / Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera and scepter, with eagle perched on wrist. Prieur 1561A; Parks 16b; RPC II 1801. VF, lightly toned, a touch of porosity, cleaning scratches.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Peus 409 (25 April 2013), lot 660 (since cleaned); Kunst und Münzen FPL 53 (January 1984), no. 303.