Lot 2676

Sale 61 · Important Australian & World Coins, Banknotes & Military Medals, The W.J.Noble Collection of British Tickets, Passes & Tokens

Description

Phoenicia, Byblos, king `Uzzib`l (Azbaal), (365-350 B.C.), silver dishekel or seqel, (13.250 grams), obv. war galley travelling to left with lion's head prow and three hoplites with round shields, hippocamp to left below, no letters above tail, rev. bull kneeling left attacked by lion on top of it, partial Phoenician legend above [Azbaal melek Gebal], (S.6012; BMC 4; Traite II, 871, Pl.117, 21-2; cf.ACNAC Dewing 2662; Rouvier 641; Betylon 14 [p.118]. Nearly extremely fine/ good very fine, rare.

Similar to the previous coin but without obverse ethnic.

Estimate
$750
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$0