Published Samos Tetradrachm

399, Lot: 190. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 408/4-380/66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.94 g, 6h). Rhodian standard. Leos, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΛEΩΣ above, olive branch to left, [monogram and ΣA below]; all within shallow incuse square. Hecatomnus 45 (this coin, illustrated); Barron Class X, 133–4 var. (unlisted dies); HGC 6, 1218. VF, toned, rough surfaces.

Ex Lanz 26 (5 December 1983), lot 250. Possibly ex Hecatomnus Hoard (CH V, 17 ; CH VIII, 96; and CH IX, 387).