Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1425. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.04 g, 1h). Uncertain mint on Cyprus. Dated RY 8 (75/6 AD). AVTOKPATWP OYECPACIANOC KAICAP, laureate head left / ETOYC NEOY IEPOY, H in exergue, conical cult xoanon of Aphrodite of Paphos within central distyle tower, central crossbeam of tripartite entablature above decorated with disk-in-crescent motif; tristyle porticoes flanking; the entire structure set on low basis. RPC II 1803; BMC 18; SNG Copenhagen 78 var. (Q in exergue); SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, toned, trace of light scratch in obverse field under toning. Exceptional for issue. ($1000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.