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other letter. It is also found on two coins, 

 Nos. 8 and 11, of Sir C. Fellows's Plate 37, both 

 of which are of great antiquity. No. 8 is badly 

 engraved; its legend is probably f^PEy*, 

 which occurs several times on the obelisk, 

 viz. $.W.5,25?,N.W.45,53?,N.E.38,50? The 

 author's former reference of this coin to Gagce 

 cannot stand, but it is difficult to say to what 

 town it should be referred. A letter of similar 

 form to this has been found in several alphabets, 

 and has been variously explained. It is found 

 in Phrygian inscriptions, on coins of Cilicia, 

 and on Phoenician coins and inscriptions. In 

 the latter Gesenius calls it Zade, and its power 

 is perhaps not very far from the English pro- 

 nunciation of J. 



occurs eight times on the north-east and 

 north-west sides of the Xanthus obelisk, and 

 is not found elsewhere. With so little to 

 guide us, there is no hope of fixing its value ; 

 but looking for assistance to the same source as 

 in the last instance, we find in Gesenius a 

 Phoenician letter with a considerable resemblance 

 in form, which that author regards as Samech, 

 a sibilant of which the exact sound is still a 

 matter of some doubt. 



