British Iron Age Coins, Ancient Coins, and Antiquities

Greek Coinages, PHOENICIA, Byblos, ‘Ozba’al (c. 400-365), Shekel or Stater, three armed hoplites riding galley left, prow terminating in lion head, hippocamp and murex shell below, king’s name in field, rev. lion preying on bull left, Punic inscription above [Ozbaal, king of Gebal], 13.26g (E&E Group IV.2; SNG Lockett 3216). Some obverse die wear, otherwise very fine, the reverse better and well-centred
£300-£360

H.D. Rauch Auction 73 (Vienna), 17 May 2004, lot 349