Watch List notes:

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 453/2-440/39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.09 g, 3h). Dated RY 5 (450/49 BC). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, E (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 74 (A35/P74); HGC 6, 1190; DCA 2; SNG Copenhagen 1681; SNG Newham Davis 287 (same dies). Toned, overstruck on a stater of Teos (Balcer type 24, 89, or 91), with the undertypes visible. Good VF.