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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4627181, member: 99456&quot;]while I can echo the explanation of the first two letters (right to left) with this quote:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145121[/ATTACH]</p><p>-<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handbook-Phoenician-Mediterranean-Handbooks-ebook-dp-B07VMN98R8/dp/B07VMN98R8/ref=mt_other" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handbook-Phoenician-Mediterranean-Handbooks-ebook-dp-B07VMN98R8/dp/B07VMN98R8/ref=mt_other" rel="nofollow">The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On the third letter - I can only give you the name of the letter:&nbsp; not clear what it represents.&nbsp; Although as I am curious to hear more, I&#039;ll make uninformed connections so that others more expert can comment.&nbsp; I am interested to know if there is more meaning that can be read into these letters e.g. I have read that these letters are derived from heiroglyphs and <i>mem</i> comes from&nbsp; &quot;water&quot;, <i>aleph</i> a symbol for&nbsp; &quot;strong&quot;/&quot;strength&quot;, and <i>ayin</i> for &quot;eye&quot;...need someone who actually knows something about reading Phoenician writing to weigh in (unfortunately, I don&#039;t fit that category)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145119[/ATTACH]</p><p>This article may be worth reading - or could be a false lead in your investigation.&nbsp; Plate 21,1 does show a coin similar to yours and reads:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145127[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145129[/ATTACH]</p><p>- ELAYI, J. (2007). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42666933" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42666933" rel="nofollow">Gerashtart, King of the Phoenician City of Arwad in the 4th cent. BC</a>. <i>The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),</i> <i>167</i>, 99-104[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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