271, Lot: 22. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). Ozbaal. Circa 394-352 BC. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.21 g, 9h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell, `Z (in Phoenician) above dorsal fin / Lion attacking bull left; ‘ZB’L MLK GBL (in Phoenician) (barely visible) above. Betlyon 14 var. (no letters on obv.); Rouvier –; SNG Copenhagen 132; HGC 10, 133. EF, minor double striking on reverse. Well centered.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 488.