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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2390657, member: 15445"]A fellow CoinTalker once posted one of these same coins & provided the following interpretation of the Aramaic legends:</p><p> </p><p>On the obverse to the right of Ba’al is B’LTRZ (= Baltaars)</p><p>On the reverse to the right of the bearded male is HLK (= Cilicia)</p><p>On the reverse to the left of the bearded male is FRNBZW (= Pharnabazos)</p><p>Pharnabazos was the Persian military commander 380-374 B.C.</p><p> </p><p>For those logophilically inclined CoinTalkers that really want to learn to read, this link describes the translation of individual letters:</p><p><a href="https://bobcargill.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/ctbtb_alphabet_chart12_proto_1000.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bobcargill.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/ctbtb_alphabet_chart12_proto_1000.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://bobcargill.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/ctbtb_alphabet_chart12_proto_1000.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p>Now here is the map full of coins. This is fun with maps. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]491114[/ATTACH] </p><p>Please post em’ if you got ‘em.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2390657, member: 15445"]A fellow CoinTalker once posted one of these same coins & provided the following interpretation of the Aramaic legends: On the obverse to the right of Ba’al is B’LTRZ (= Baltaars) On the reverse to the right of the bearded male is HLK (= Cilicia) On the reverse to the left of the bearded male is FRNBZW (= Pharnabazos) Pharnabazos was the Persian military commander 380-374 B.C. For those logophilically inclined CoinTalkers that really want to learn to read, this link describes the translation of individual letters: [url]https://bobcargill.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/ctbtb_alphabet_chart12_proto_1000.jpg[/url] Now here is the map full of coins. This is fun with maps. :)[ATTACH=full]491114[/ATTACH] Please post em’ if you got ‘em.[/QUOTE]
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