344, Lot: 148. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.17 g, 1h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above wave, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell / Lion attacking bull left; [‘ZB‘]L MLK GBL (Ozbaal, king of Gebal in Phoenician) above. E&E-B Series IV.2.1.a, 279–80 (O4/R2); Betlyon 14; HGC 10, 133. VF, toned, struck from worn dies, reverse a little off center.