Anyone here who can read Aradian numerals?

Have been struggling to attribute this coin correctly. As for now, after celebrating Thanksgiving and several glasses of wine I think it is this:

Æ 16 or Hemichalkous
Phoenicia, Arados, Aradian date 116 (144 – 143 BC)
16 mm, 3.84 g
BMC Greek coins of Phoenicia, p. 18 (in the pdf p. 174), No.136-137; Sear Greek, 6001v; HGCS 10, No. 88; Rouvier 177 (var. different year)

I think it is like this one, but I'm not sure:
https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/ar-no-ztr-116n12-c-hb/

Ob.: Anepigraphic. Bearded head of Melqart/Zeus to r. Border of dots.
Rev.: triple-pointed ram of galley to left, Phoenician date 116 (144-143 BC) below; Phoenician letters Nun and Ayin above. Border of dots.





a picture of the reverse with light effects, trying to see the scrip more clearly:


Can someone help me out of my misery, please

Please share your coins with Aradian script and how you were able to read it

 

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Martin's site is the best. You could reach out to him on Forvm. He helped me identify this one.

Arados
Year 164, 96/95 BC
Obvs: Female bust Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane, and veil over back of head. Border of dots.
Revs: Phoenician script "Yodh Shin Beth Daleph Mem" (yšbdm) above, Recumbent humped bull lying left. Aradian ΔΞP date in ex.
AE 21x22mm, 10.37g
Ref: BMC 324; Duyrat 4418/4419; HGC 10, 79 (R2)

 

Is Martin his user name at the Forum? Or can you please tell me the url of his site?

 

Here's the site you want -- you'll have to navigate to the correct type. Very useful: https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/arados-hellenistic-bronze-by-series-era-date/

 

That's were I found the coin, but I'm not sure:
https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/ar-no-ztr-116n12-c-hb/

 

Not sure. There are a bunch with Nun & Ayin above on this list: https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/arados-hellenistic-bronze-by-series-era-date/

There are several dates, you just gave to compare each one and see what fits best. I can't quite tell

 

Also, here's one of mine I IDed using that site

 

His username is Arados, he is a moderator. The site you linked to is his.

 

Thank you. Left a message at
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=132779.0

don't know if Arados will read it, we'll see.

 

The upper legend is , the 1st letter is not an 'ayin but a C, written as a mirrored D.
The date must be 116, because I count 6 strokes (a stroke = 1). The year 116 of the Aradian era is 144/3 BC.

Here is a pic of a coin like yours (not mine) dated year 115 (but there could have been a 6th stroke off flan).

 

Thank you @GinoLR. However, when you look at the Aradian letters, the letter
Daleth is like this: on my coin and also on the coin you posted you can see clearly an ' after the letter which is the letter Ayin

 

I didn't say it was a daleth, I just said it was written like a mirrored D. But you may be right, for several people it's an 'ayin.

 

And here is Ayin: the Aradian alphabet doesn't have a letter C