Watch List notes:

IONIA, Ephesus. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.91 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Vespasian, AD 74-79. (IMP) • (VE)S in rectangular countermark on a denarius of Augustus (cf. RIC I 297). Howgego 839; Pangerl 100. Host Near Fine, c/m Near VF, porous and ragged edge, additional banker's marks.

From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from Empire Coins, December 1998.