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Tetradrachm - Vespasianus ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Η
| Issuer | Koinon of Cyprus |
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| Year | 75-76 |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Vespasian facing left, rendered in high relief with strong portraiture characteristic of Flavian provincial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive physiognomy with a broad, fleshy face and closely cropped hair beneath a laurel wreath. A circular beaded border frames the field, with the Greek imperial legend distributed around the periphery. The engraving exhibits the robust, naturalistic style typical of Cypriot provincial workshops of the first century AD. |
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| Mintage | ND (75-76) - Year 8 (Η) |
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The Koinon of Cyprus — the provincial assembly of the island's cities — held the rare privilege of issuing its own coinage under Roman rule, a concession tied directly to Cyprus's status as a senatorial province governed without a standing legion. This tetradrachm dates to year 8 of the Cypriot "New Sacred Year" reckoning, a local era whose precise anchor point has been debated among specialists; the prevailing view aligns it with Vespasian's accession in 69 AD. Prieur 1561 is among the scarcer dates in the Vespasianic Cypriot sequence.