Watch List notes:

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 270-240 BC. Octobol (Silver, 18mm, 4.36 g 12), Ptolemaic standard. Lion's scalp facing. Rev. ΣΑΜΙΩΝ Forepart of an ox to right; below right, olive spray; below and to left, trident and [krater]. Barron 14 (A205/P211). A particularly attractive and toned example with an obverse in very high relief. Extremely fine.


From the Stoecklin Collection.