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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8054112, member: 118780&quot;]I couldn&#039;t resist researching this more, and found <a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan4574" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan4574" rel="nofollow">this </a>article. Interestingly, it attributes the Aramaic graffiti on Alexanders in the Demanhur Hoard to Egyptian Jews. Even more intriguing, they mention a graffito of an Aramaic &#039;m&#039; in the exact place where mine is.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, when I look at the Aramaic, I&#039;m inclined to agree with you that the &#039;m&#039; is not Aramaic, but Phoenician. </p><p><br /></p><p>I looked further, and found <a href="http://www.achemenet.com/pdf/in-press/Gitler%20Survey%201997.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.achemenet.com/pdf/in-press/Gitler%20Survey%201997.pdf" rel="nofollow">this article</a>. He postulates that these were marks of ownership and suggests the owners were mercenaries. Given the potential for money to get mixed up (perhaps intentionally), it made sense for each soldier to mark his coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, my coin may not have travelled to Phoenicia, but may have been owned by a Phoenician mercenary who fought in one of the many wars of the Diadochi.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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