Featured [ancients] a coin from the Purple People

Wow TIF awesome coin, details off the charts. Love it. Before purple people there were blue people, after the war they became purple people..


That's the story i heard...

 

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That's a wonderful example of the type, complemented by a great write-up! Fantastic!

 

Thanks man ...



... oh, wait a minute?



*whatev*


... yah, her coin is pretty cool as well

 

Very nice coin for sure. One can dream. lol

 

Hey baby, I like your coin ... what's your sign?

... ummm, what do ya mean "stop sign?"

 

After reading this post...

 

Thats awesome!

 

Hmm, I wanted to post here yesterday...
Anyways, that's a really nice piece, love the detail on the coin!

 

Hey baby, need a lift? ... jump on my new hippocamp!!

One horse power!!

=> where ya headin', Syracuse?

 

In learning a bit more about the Phoenician alphabet(s) and translation, the reverse makes more sense now.

The 'O', 'ain, is a glottal consonant. In the numismatic references it is represented by an apostrophe.

Apparently I was mistaken regarding the identity of a couple of characters. Reading left to right, the translation is:

OZBOLMLKZBL :: 'zb'l mlk gbl

Add vowels as it pleases you (I don't know what if any rules there were for sounding the vowels) = Uzbaal Malek Gebal

Uzbaal = name of the issuing king
Malek = king
Gebal = Phoenician name of Byblos

As for the question of the obverse characters, I looked at Byblos coins in various coin archives . I think, but am not sure, that the obverse characters are an abbreviation of the issuing king's name.

 

Ohhhhhhhh... I love it! Keep rocking S&T mafia!

 

Great post and write-up which demands much research and creativity. Thank you!

 

Wow @TIF this post is amazing!

I love your coin also @stevex6 so don't let em pick on your little fella...

Yes I'm totally aware that I'm resurrecting a very old post but I came across this thread and thought some of the newer members might enjoy reading it too

I don't have a coin to contribute but I do have Lego Hippocampi (no idea what the plural should be??? )

Here is a picture I took of the real deal (Trevi Fountain, Rome)

And here is a creepy old thing from the 30's I have to pass by at city hall every time I have to pay a parking ticket )



So I don't have any coins from Phoenicia yet but I do like looking at other peoples sweet Phoenician coins... just saying

 

All I can say is WOW!!!

Fantastic posts guys!!

What a terrific coin and superb write-up TIF---I'm absolutely green with envy!!

 

..perhaps purple would be a better shade

 

That statue at your government building is pretty cool @Curtisimo

 

Actually, there are word initial glottal stops in English. Say the following words very slowly and you will hear them. "Uh-Oh" and "Apple" are 2 examples.

There is a glottal stop in the name of the state Hawaii. Can you hear it when you pronounce the name? In fact, in the hawaiian language there also exist word initial glottal stops.

 

Oops, I did not know that. Thanks!!

(And I guess "oops" is one too? Maybe not... it fees like it comes more from the mouth.)

 

No problem. I do not hear one in "oops". See if you can find the glottal stop in these words "Mittens" "Buttons". Clue: they are in the same place in each word.

 

Hmm.. I guess it depends on exactly how you say those words (properly versus slangily) but it must be at the beginning of the second syllable in each word?