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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 2841326, member: 37707&quot;]I have recently acquired an example. I think the Phoenician inscription refers to Byblos as Gebal. Gebal being the Phoenician pronunciation (ironic) of their city; Byblos being the Greek. Ironic because referring to a Phoenician word as the Greek translation using the Greek translation of what the Phoenicians called themselves, which were the Ken&#039;ani; which is the name the Hebrews used to derive Canaanite from. Follow me? I don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been looking for a decent, affordable example for about a year now. These coins are all over the map, price wise. There are better examples that go for $1500-2000, with worst examples selling for $2500. I don&#039;t know the rarity on dye combos; but that probably plays into it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was writing something up about Uzbaal only being known based off of the inscriptions on these coins, the lion and the bull, and the murex shell being used to make purple dye; when things started looking familiar. I then googled &quot;cointalk byblos&quot; and found [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] &#039;s thread. She did a better job than I ever could; so here we are.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]672249[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). <i>Ozbaal. </i></b>Circa 394-352 BC. AR Shekel. Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion&#039;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.</p><p>13.3g</p><p>25.2mm</p><p><br /></p><p>-Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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