Triton XVIII, Lot: 727. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-370 BC. AR Shekel (24mm, 13.25 g, 5h). 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, – (O13/R37 – unlisted die combination); Betlyon 14 var. (no letters on obv.); Rouvier 640 var. (letters on obv.); HGC 10, 133 corr. (letters on obv. not noted); SNG Berry 1431; Athena Fund II 872 (same rev. die). EF, lustrous, some die wear on obverse.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Superior Stamp and Coin, 28 December 1989.