Bedyehibel (or Beruhibel)
Circa 375-333 BCE
Hemiobol AR 10 mm, 0.35 g, 5 h
The Persian Great King seated to right, holding flower in his right hand and scepter in his left.
Rev. The Persian Great King standing right, raising his right hand and holding scepter in his left; behind to left, 𐡁𐡓𐡉𐡇𐡁𐡋 (‘bdyhbl’ in Aramaic).
Meshorer & Qedar 14. Sofaer 91-92
Ex Canaan Collection, Leu Web Auction 2020
We honestly don’t know if Bedyehibel was a person – likely a governor of Samaria – or a saying. Meshorer & Qedar suggested it may mean “let Bel grant life” but they were unsure. It could have also been a person, and there were several documented governors whose names are believed to been on Samarian coins.
My suspicion is this is a person because several variations of it occur. However, no such Bedyehibel has been found in papyri thus far, but we do have a limited sample size.