Watch List notes:

ISLANDS OFF IONIA, Samos. Circa 270-240 BC. Octobol (Silver, 19 mm, 4.52 g, 12 h), Ptolemaic standard. Lion's scalp facing. Rev. ΣΑΜΙΩΝ Forepart of an ox to right; below right, olive spray; below to left, kantharos. Barron 30b (this coin). Locker Lampson 312 (this coin). Attractive golden tone with an impressive and desirable pedigree. Minor scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, from the Locker Lampson Collection, Hess, Lucerne, [221] 18 December 1933, 85, and from the duplicates of the British Museum.