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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24819201, member: 87809&quot;]Have been struggling to attribute this coin correctly. As for now, after celebrating Thanksgiving and several glasses of wine I think it is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ 16 or Hemichalkous</p><p>Phoenicia, Arados, Aradian date 116 (144 – 143 BC)</p><p>16 mm, 3.84 g</p><p>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)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is like this one, but I&#039;m not sure:</p><p><a href="https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/ar-no-ztr-116n12-c-hb/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/ar-no-ztr-116n12-c-hb/" rel="nofollow">https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/ar-no-ztr-116n12-c-hb/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Anepigraphic. Bearded head of Melqart/Zeus to r. Border of dots.</p><p>Rev.: triple-pointed ram of galley to left, Phoenician date 116 (144-143 BC) below; Phoenician letters Nun [ATTACH=full]1588800[/ATTACH]and Ayin [ATTACH=full]1588801[/ATTACH]above. Border of dots.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1588803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>a picture of the reverse with light effects, trying to see the scrip more clearly:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588804[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Can someone help me out of my misery, please<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your coins with Aradian script and how you were able to read it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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