Phoenicia, Tetradrachm or Shekel, Byblos, (Gebal), "Ozba'al", c. 400-376 BC; AR (g 13,26; mm 25; h 3); Galley l.; above three hoplites with helmets and shields, below, hippocamp and shell, Rv. Lion bitting bull to l.; 'ZB'L MLK GBL ("Ozbaal, king of Gebal" in Phoenician) above. SNG Copenhagen 132; BMC 8-9; HCG 10, 133.
Rare, cabinet tone, about extremely fine.
Ex Italo Vecchi 16 (1999), lot 221.