443, Lot: 304. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.27 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 10 (AD 77/78). Laureate head left / Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, with conical xoanon in center; I (date) between antae, grain ear left in exergue. Prieur 1571 (this coin); Parks 16e; RPC II 1815/6 (this coin cited). Good Fine, toned, a few scratches, flan crack. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.