MK-ATW-KHM | Byblos: Azbaal ca. 350

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Byblos: Azbaal ca. 350–333 v. Chr.
	Wien, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Coin Gallery, KHM
Inventory no	GR 22128
Obverse	-. Galeere mit drei Hopliten; darunter: Hippokamp über Seeschnecke (?)
Reverse	Phoenikisch: ‘azba‘al Melek Gebal (= "‘Azba‘al, king of Gebal") ?. Löwe schlägt Stier
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 350–333 v. Chr.
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Silver ; 13,85 g; 25 mm; 10 h
Production	struck
Mint	Byblus (Djubayl)
Region	Phoenicia
Country	Lebanon
Publications	BMC Phönikien, 4; SNG Cop, 132 var.
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	-
Object number	ID109373
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godparenthood	Assoz. Prof. MMag. Dr. Martin Lang