You can write to the curator of the American Numismatic Society in New York about this, The Margaret Thompson Associate Curator of Greek Coins, Dr. Peter van Alfen.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] John N. Lupia III ANS Member --- "Panagiotis P. Iossif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Members of the group, > > I'm a numismatist (classical historian and > archaeologist) and new to this > group. My knowledge on papyrology is limited to my > university seminar. > > I'm preparing a general study of the numismatic > appearences of the L-dates > on Ptolemaic coins. The survey I prepared indicates > an origine from the > Phoenican mints of the Lagid empire (Askalon as the > original mint). > > I also examined the possible occurences of the same > date form on > inscriptions, but nothing came out. > > What I would like to know is the presence of such a > symbol in papyri. > Is 'L' a conventional symbol introdusing dates in > these texts? If yes, do > we know its origin: Greek, Egyptian or Aramaic? I'm > not satisfied by the > traditional explanation of 'L' as the abbreviated > form for 'ETOYS'. > > Any help would be very welcome. > > Best regards, > > Panagiotis > John N. Lupia III New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ God Bless Everyone ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
