NUMISMATICS: PALM READING (Oliver Hoover, Pocket Change Blog).
No, not that kind of palm reading. This Pocket Change post is on how the Canaanites came to be known as "Phoenicians" and where the term "Punic" comes from, illustrated with coins from Tyre, Sidon, etc.
The palm motif also appears on ancient Jewish coins and other iconography. Some examples of the latter are here, here, and here.
Cross file under Phoenician Watch and Punic Watch.
