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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2960399, member: 82616&quot;]My first coin of 2018!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]724490[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm, 12.75g</p><p>Antioch mint (for Cyprus), 76-77 AD</p><p>RPC 1804 (14 spec.).</p><p>Obv: AYTOKPATΩP OYЄCΠACIANOC KAICAP; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.</p><p>Rev: ЄTOYC NЄOY IЄPOY Θ; Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera in r. hand, l. hand resting on a short sceptre; eagle on l. arm</p><p><br /></p><p>A small issue of tetradrachms were struck for Cyprus between 75 and 78. Style strongly indicates these are a product of the Antioch mint despite their Cypriot provenance. All of them are quite scarce compared with the large Syrian tetradrachm issues coined for Vespasian. This specimen from the second year of the Cypriot issue features the ethnic reverse type of Zeus Salaminios.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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