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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2505683, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm, I think that site is over my head and doesn&#039;t mesh with my coin interests.</p><p><br /></p><p>John, can you tell me why you think the L on these Alexandrian coins might derive from ancient Egyptian demotic script?&nbsp; I browsed a few pages of their database and the characters all seem very, uhm, &quot;squiggly&quot; (script-y; cursive) rather than sharply angular like the &quot;L&quot; on Alexandrian coins.&nbsp; Maybe there is some character that fits, but I don&#039;t see any real way to search other than by downloading each section and scroll-scroll-scrolling through the vast pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe something will turn up though.&nbsp; Perhaps the blocky L is a (relatively) modern derivative from ancient Egyptian demotic script?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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