Azemilcus

Azemilcus ('zmlk\) (Ancient Greek: Ἀζέμιλκος) was the King of Tyre during its siege by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.

His response was to declare that he wished to enter the city to sacrifice to Melqart, known to Alexander as the Tyrian Herakles.

[1] When Alexander finally captured Tyre, he granted clemency to Azemilcus, the magistrates, and the members of the Carthaginian delegation who had taken refuge in the temple of Melqart.

Alexander would leave Azemilcus on the throne of a Tyre subordinate to Macedon.

[2] Azemilcus is mostly known by his coins, small 18mm silver staters featuring Melqart riding a hippocamp over the waves on one side and an owl with crook and the Phoenician letter Ayin for Azemilcus surrounded by a series of Phoenician numbers indicating the year of his reign.