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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8216726, member: 56859&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; It is Greek:</p><p><br /></p><p>Γ (G)</p><p>A (A)</p><p>Δ (D)</p><p>A (A)</p><p>Ρ (R)</p><p>...etcetera</p><p><br /></p><p>Several CoinTalk members are much more knowledgable about naming conventions than am I but the suffix (-EωN) makes the word mean something like &quot;the people of Gadara&quot;. (I might be mistaken about this)&nbsp; [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], can you help me out?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They seem to be stylized wings.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=gadara+caduceus&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=gadara+caduceus&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1" rel="nofollow">Other examples can be seen on ACsearch</a>, all with similarly sparse branch-like &quot;wings&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was published in 1978 so you may not find a free online version but I didn&#039;t search very hard.&nbsp; If you have access to academic libraries you might be able to read it somewhere online, or perhaps your local library can acquire it via interlibrary loan.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a copy on Amazon:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Decapolis-Provincia-Biblici-Franciscani-collectio/dp/B0000E9CIM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Decapolis-Provincia-Biblici-Franciscani-collectio/dp/B0000E9CIM" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Decapolis-Provincia-Biblici-Franciscani-collectio/dp/B0000E9CIM</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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