443, Lot: 305. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 6.15 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 9 of Vespasian (AD 76/77). Laureate head left / Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera and scepter, with eagle perched on wrist. Prieur 1572; Parks 17b; RPC II 1808. Near VF, toned, some light scratches and marks. Extremely rare, five known to Prieur, and four in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Superior Galleries (2 June 1998), lot 7031.