If you sail just right in a W-NW-ish direction across the Mediterranean from Alexandria in Egypt, there’s a straight line to… Sicily. Greece (Sicily, Syracuse): ca. 470-450 BC silver litra of the Second Democracy
From Greece, we set sail east and arrive on the coasts of... ISRAEL Cupro-nickel 100 Prutah (28.47mm, 11.26g, 12h) Dated 5709 (1949). Heaton and Son's Mint, UK Obverse: Date palm with seven branches and two clusters of dates; ישראל above, اسرائيل below Reverse: 100 פרוטה in two lines within olive wreath; תש"ט below References: Numista 2049