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| BMC 4 Sear 6011 | Phoenicia, Byblos AR Dishekel or Stater. King Azbaal (also known as Uzzibaal). ca 350-333 BC. War galley left with lion's head prow ornament, zigzag row of waves below, three hoplites with round shields within; hippocamp left above murex / Lion attacking bull to left, Phoenician legend above. BMC 4, Betlyon 14. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 6 Sear 6012 | Byblos, Phoenicia, AR 1/8 Shekel. King Azbaal. Galley left, containing three hoplites with round shields, Phoenician letters below / lion attacking bull, Phoenician legend. BMC 6-7. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 8 | Phoenicia, Byblos. King Ainel. c333 BC. AR 1/8 Shekel. Galley left with two hoplites, hippocamp below / Lion bringing down bull. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 10 | Phoenicia, Byblos. Ainel, ca. 333 BC. Silver 1/8 shekel. 10.5 x 10.7 mm. 0.73 g. Galley left with lion's head prow figure, with two hoplites holding round shields, with a hippocamp below. / Lion attacking a bull left, Phoenician inscription above, naming "Ainel, King of Gebal". BMC 10; Sear 6014. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 11 | Byblos, Phoenicia, AR 1/8 shekel, war galley left above hippocamp. / vulture in relief above incuse recumbent ram, lettering (?) on ram. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 14 Sear 6017 | Byblus, Phoenicia, AE14, dated year 215. 97 BC. 2.15 g. Isis-Astarte standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left. EIC-IC, Crown of Isis. BMC 14-15; Rouvier 664; Hoover HGC 145. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon_2 | Phoenicia, Byblos AR Quarter Shekel. ca 450-410 BC. sphinx sitting left, in double crown of Egypt / Lightning bolt of Baal Hadad (or double lotus) in dotted circle within incuse square. cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1207 corr. (eighth shekel). | Text | Image | |
| Dewing 2662 | Phoenicia, Byblos, Azbaal AR Dishekel. ca 350-333 BC. War galley left with lion's head prow ornament, zigzag row of waves below, three hoplites with round shields within; hippocamp left above murex; N/O between hippocamp and galley / Lion attacking bull to left. SNG Fitz 6028. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Rouvier 658 | Byblos, Phoenicia, AE20 chalkus, 101-74 BC. 5.6 g. Turreted head of Tyche right, palm branch over shoulder. / Phoenician legend ("of Gebal, the sacred" in two lines above and to left of Kronos, with six wings (two pairs spead, one pair lowered), kalathos on head, standing left, holding sceptre. Date L A(IC?) immediately above his head. Rouvier 658; Imhoof MG 17; Type Hoover HGC 141. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 665 | Byblos, Phoenicia, AE16 chalkus, 74-31 BC. 6.18 g. Turreted head of Tyche right, palm branch over shoulder. / Phoenician legend ("of Gebal, the sacred" in two lines above Kronos, with six wings (two pairs spead, one pair lowered), kalathos on head, standing left. vB monogram in left field. Rouvier 665; Babelon Perses 1380-1381. | Text | Image | |
| RPC 4525 | Phoenicia, Byblos. Year 14 (18/17 BC). AE 17mm. Turreted head of Tyche right; date behind / CE-BAC-TOC, within laurel wreath. BMC Palestine pg. 175, 1-4. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Fitz 6028 | Phoenicia, Byblos. Azbaal. Circa 350-333 BC. AR Dishekel. War galley left with lion's head prow, waves below, 3 hoplites with round shields within; hippocamp left above murex; NO between hippocamp and galley / Lion attacking bull. | Text | Image | |
| Traite 848 | Byblos, Phoenicia, AR Stater or Dishekel (13.71g). ca 420 BC. War galley left with a horse figurehead on the prow and a griffin head on the tiller, three hoplites within; hippocamp below. / Vulture, with spread wings standing left on the back of a recumbent ram, which is incuse. | Text | Image | |
| Sear 6013 | Byblos, Phoenicia, AR dishekel (stater). King Ainel, c. 333 BC. Galley left, containing three hoplites with round shields, hippocamp left and murex below / Lion attacking bull. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 23 | Commodus, AE23 of Byblus, Phoenicia, 7.8g. [AVT M AV KOMMOΔON EVT]., laureate head right / IEΡAC BY[BΛOY]., Isis Pharia standing right on raft, holding billowing sail with both hands. BMC 23; Rouvier 686; Mionnet Supp. VIII, 71. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 690 | Julia Domna, AE24 of Byblos, Phoenicia. AD 193-217. 11.08 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right. / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, Astarte standing left, right foot on prow, holding aplustre in extended right hand and resting left hand on a rudder behind her. Rouvier 690. | Text | Image | |
| Babelon 692 | Caracalla, AE24 of Byblos, Phoenicia. 10.7 gr. AY K M AYΡ CEOYH ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, Tetrastyle temple with rounded, fan-like architrave, Astarte, turreted, standing right within, left foot on a prow, resting on a cross-shaped stylis with right hand and raising her robe over her knee with left hand and being crowned by a small Nike standing on a cippus to right. Babelon Phoenicia 692; Babelon Perses Achém 1389-1390; Mionnet V, 124-125 corr.; BMC 29-34. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 29 | Caracalla AE 24mm of Phoenicia, Byblos. (...) ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IEΡAC BYBΛOC, tetrastyle temple with shell-pattern arch, Astarte standing right within, holding sceptre and being crowned by Nike. SNG Cop 141. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1314 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm, Byblos mint. AD 215-217. 12-73 g. AYT KAI ANTωNINOC CE, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠAT TO Δ, eagle standing front on ground line, head and tail left, wreath in beak. Altar between the eagle's legs. K in upper right field. Prieur 1314; Paris HSY19620. | Text | Image | |
| Prieur 1315A | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm, Byblos mint. AYT KAI ANTωNINOC CE, laureate head right / ΔHMAΡX EX YΠAT TO Δ, eagle standing right on ground line, head and tail left, wreath in beak. Plain altar between the eagle's legs. Prieur 1315A. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 37 | Macrinus AE29 of Byblus, Phoenicia. 12.91 gr. AD 217-218 AD. AYT KAI MAKΡINOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, Temple precinct of the Adonis festival or Aphrodite: conical cult baetyl of Aphrodite surrounded by ornate fence, all within colonnaded court, below, stairway leading to entrance; to left, distyle temple open left, containing lighted altar, stairway, and acrostolium decorated with trefoil, the whole viewed in perspective. BMC 37-38, Price-Trell 713. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 698 | Macrinus, AE18 Chalkus of Byblus, Phoenicia. 6.58 g. AD 217-218. AV(T) KAI MAKΡINOC CEB, laureate head right / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, Isis Pharia standing right on raft, holding billowing sail and sistrum. Rouvier 698; Babelon Perses 1396-1397; Mionnet V, 128; BMC 39; SNG Cop 143. | Text | Image | |
| SGI 2962 | Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Byblos, Phoenicia. AVT K M OΠ CE MAKΡEINOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right / ΔHMARC EΞ YΠATOC Π Π, eagle standing facing, wings open, head left, holding wreath in beak, altar between legs. Bellinger 268. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 44-46 | Diadumenian, AE20 of Byblos, Phoenicia. AD 217-218. 7.97 g. M OΠ ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC KA, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right. / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, Isis Pharia standing right on a raft, her veil billowing out behind her, holding sistrum and billowing sail. BMC 44-46; Rouvier 702; Babelon Perses 1399-1400; SNG Cop. 144; Lindgren III 1395; Mionnet V, 129; Megaw BYB4. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 699 | Diadumenian, Caesar, AE24 of Byblos, Phoenicia. M OΠ ΔIAΔYMENIANOC KAI, bare headed, cuirassed bust right / BYBΛOY IEΡAC (in exergue), distyle temple, covered by an arch, with Astarte standing right within, polos on head, holding sceptre, foot on prow, crowned by Nike, standing on column right before her. BMC 40-43. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 52 | Elagabalus AE25 of Byblus, Phoenicia. AV K M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, hexastyle temple with central arch, Astarte standing facing within, foot on prow, holding sceptre, being crowned by Nike on column to right. SNG Cop 145. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SGI 3112 | Elagabalus AE23 of Byblos in Phoenicia. AV ANTΩNINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, tetrastyle temple containing statue of Astarte standing left, turreted, foot on prow, holding aphlaston and rudder. cf BMC 57-65. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 715 | Julia Soaemias, Byblos, Phoenicia, Ae 26, 12.9g. IOYΛIA CO[EMIAC CEBAC], draped bust right / IEΡAC BYBΛOY, hexastyle temple with central arch; within, Astarte standing right with left foot on prow and holding standard, being crowned by Nike standing on column to right; rudder blade in field to right. Rouvier 715; Sear SGI 3215. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 717 | Severus Alexander, AE25 of Byblos, Phoenicia. M AYΡH AΛEZANΔΡOC KAICAΡ, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. / IE-Ρ-A-C above, BYB beneath hexastyle temple with arched lintel, Astarte standing right within, left foot on prow and holding standard, being crowned by Nike standing on column to right. Rouvier 717; Babelon Perses 1411-1412. | Text | Image | |
