366, Lot: 598. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (24mm, 13.16 g, 6h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, 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, 280 (O4/R2); Betlyon 14; HGC 10, 133. Good VF, lightly toned, areas of weak strike.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 994138 (January 2015); Elwood Rafn Collection.