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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2761560, member: 82616&quot;]Flavian tetradrachms from Cyprus are fairly scarce. So, I was quite thrilled to have won this coin recently at auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634772[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm, 12.09g</p><p>Antioch mint (for Cyprus), 75-76 AD</p><p>RPC 1801 (17 spec.)</p><p>Obv: AYTOKPATΩP OYЄCΠACIANOC KAICAP; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.</p><p>Rev: ЄTOYC NЄOY IЄPOY; Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which conical xoanon; in exergue, H</p><p>Ex Pegasi Numismatics VAuctions 36, 23 May 2017, lot 324</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch struck a small issue of tetradrachms and didrachms for Cyprus in the mid 70s AD. The reverse types are typically ethnic, such as this coin&#039;s depiction of the Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos struck in 75 or 76. The famous temple figures prominently in Flavian lore as the place where Titus Caesar received a favourable oracle from the priest Sostratus in the early part of 69 prior to Vespasian&#039;s bid for the purple. The island experienced a devastating earthquake in late 77 or early 78 that destroyed three of her major cities. The temple shown on this coin was destroyed as well, but soon after was lavishly rebuilt in a similar design.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that remains today of the famous shrine are a few columns.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634774[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post any Cypriot or temple coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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