Triton XVI, Lot: 559. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). Ozbaal. Circa 394-352 BC. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.21 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 (“Ozbaal, king of Gebal” in Phoenician) above. Betlyon 14 var. (no letters on obv.); Rouvier 640 var. (Z not 'Z on obv.); HGC 10, 133; SNG Copenhagen 132; BMC 4-5 var. (same). EF, lightly toned. Rare in this condition.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 302.