From the Lockett Collection

Triton XVII, Lot: 238. Estimate $15000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYCLADES, Paros. Late 3rd-mid 2nd century BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.67 g, 1h). Praxos, magistrate. Head of female (Artemis?) right, hair bound by tainia / Goat standing right; ΠPAΞOΣ/ΠAPI in two lines above. HGC 6, 661 (this coin illustrated); SNG Lockett 2629 (this coin); Gulbenkian 929 = Locker Lampson 249 = Pozzi 2049 (same dies). EF, beautifully toned, very slight die shift on reverse. Very rare.

Ex Star Collection (LHS 102, 29 April 2008), lot 248; Weil (22 October 2004), lot 110; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part III, 27 May 1959), lot 2097.