424, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (11mm, 0.81 g, 10h). Two hoplites on galley left above waves; below, hippocamp left, ‘Z (in Aramaic) above dorsal fin / Lion attacking bull left. E&E-B Group IV.2.2; HGC 10, 134 corr. (two, not three, hoplites). Good VF, small area of weak strike. Exceptional for issue.
From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, 1994.