WHC 76

Inventory number: WHC 76
Period: Persian
Category: Phoenician Coins
Ruler: ‘Ozmilk
Mint: Tyre
Date: 357-333 BC
Denomination: Shekel
Material: AR
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Axis: 12 h
Reference: Elayi and Elayi 2009, Group II.2.1.24, p. 152, no.1267
Acquisition: CNG, XVIII, 210 (from the Sunrise Collection; ex Triton XI, 8 Janaury 2008, lot 305; Dix, Noonan, Webb 75, 27 September 2007, lot 2261; Superior 18 Octobre 1972, lot 253; Superior, 14 October 1971, lot 435)
Date of acquisition: 2015-01-07
Remarks: Reduced (‘Attic’) standard.

Melkart, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above dolphin right; dotted border.

Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background; dotted border.

' ('Ain in Phoenician) -III (13 in Phoenician), to right