PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzzibaal. Circa 365-350 BC. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.11 g, 2h). Three hoplites, holding shields, standing on Phoenician pentekonter left on waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex, Aramaic ‘Z above dorsal fin / Lion attacking bull left; Aramaic ‘ZB’L MLK GBL above. Betlyon 14 var. (no Aramaic ‘Z on obv.); cf. Rouvier 641 (1/16 shekel); SNG Copenhagen 132; BMC 4-5 var. (no Aramaic ‘Z on obv.). Good VF, light porosity, minor die shift on reverse.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIII.2 (Fall/Winter 1998), no. 23.2.
