Triton XVIII, Lot: 728. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). ’Urimilk III. Circa 350s BC. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.14 g, 7h). Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell, ‘K (in Phoenician) above dorsal fin / Lion attacking bull left; ’WRMLK MLK GBL (’Urimilk, king of Gebal in Phoenician) above. E&E-B Series IV.3.1, 775–814 (O2/R2); Betlyon 18; Rouvier –; HGC 10, 136; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; Athena Fund II 873 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 685 = PCG pl. 51, 7 (same dies); Triton XIV, lot 367. Near EF, toned. Well struck from fresh dies.