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CNG 99, Lot: 351. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.19 g, 3h). 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 (Ozbaal, king of Gebal in Phoenician) above. E&E-B Series IV.2.1.c, 501–4 (O14/R12); Rouvier 640 var. (letters on obv.); HGC 10, 133 corr. (letters on obv. not noted). EF, usual obverse die wear, minor die rust.


From the LJH Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 913.