CNG 100, Lot: 1574. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 'Ozba'al. Circa 400-365 BC. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 13.28 g, 11h). 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, 558–61 (O17/R8); Rouvier 640 var. (letters on obv.); HGC 10, 133 corr. (letters on obv. not noted). Good VF, iridescent tone, reverse struck with worn die. Exceptionally well preserved obverse.