373, Lot: 173. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 13.04 g, 7h). 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; HGC 10, 133 corr. (letters on obv. not noted). VF, underlying luster, area of roughness.

From the Byron Schieber Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 711899 (March 1999).