Triton XIV, Lot: 366. Estimate $2500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos. Ozbaal (Uzzibaal). Circa 400-376 BC. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.25 g, 12h). 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) above. Betlyon 14 var. (no letters on obv.); Rouvier -; HGC 10, 133; SNG Copenhagen 132; BMC 4-5 var. (same). EF, tiny flan flaw at 10 o’clock on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Well centered and sharp strike.