443, Lot: 300. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.69 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 8 (AD 75/76). Laureate head left / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, with conical xoanon in center; H (date) in exergue. Prieur 1564; Parks 16a; RPC II 1803. Near VF, toned, some porosity. Rare, twelve known to Prieur, and ten in CoinArchives, including this coin.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Elsen 117 (15 June 2013), lot 452.