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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8206889, member: 110226&quot;]Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is an interesting question since the Aramaic and Phoenician mem are quite similar.&nbsp; I always thought that the Phoenician mem was more angular and the Aramaic mem more curvey, but I guess these characters can vary since they are hand carved into the countermark die, so really I have difficulty distinguishing. </p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that it must have circulated through Sidon or Tyre, but it also might have made it to Gaza.&nbsp; Its location of recovery would have shed more light, for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an owl that I posted before.&nbsp; It has, I think, a Phoenician &quot;waw&quot; on the obverse, struck on its side due to space considerations.&nbsp; I still haven&#039;t been able to identifiy the smaller countermark.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438764[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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