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{{Short description|4th-century BC Phoenician king of Tyre}}
'''Azemilcus ('zmlk\)''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀζέμιλκος}}) was the [[List of Kings of Tyre|King of Tyre]] during its siege by [[Alexander the Great]] in 332 BC. Alexander had already peacefully taken [[Byblos]] and [[Sidon]], and [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] sent envoys to Alexander agreeing to do his bidding. His response was to declare that he wished to enter the city to sacrifice to [[Melqart]], known to Alexander as the Tyrian Herakles. Azemilcus was with the Persian fleet at the time, and the Tyrians, unsure who would win the war, responded by saying that they would obey any other command but that neither Persians nor Macedonians could enter the city.<ref>The History of Phoenicia, E. J. Chinnock, tr. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1893), bk II, 15-25 http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/ArriCamp.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503045024/http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/ArriCamp.html |date=2008-05-03 }}</ref> When Alexander finally captured Tyre, he granted clemency to Azemilcus, the magistrates, and the members of the [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginian]] delegation who had taken refuge in the temple of [[Melqart]]. Alexander would leave Azemilcus on the throne of a Tyre subordinate to Macedon.<ref>The History of Phoenicia, Josette Elayi</ref>

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. There are at least 15 known years that these coins were minted between 347 BC and 332 BC, and are some of the earliest dated ancient coins that can be ascribed to a particular ruler.<ref>Dated Coins of Antiquity Cohen</ref>

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