(December 10, 2024) This is one of the earliest Polish coins. Its letter lineage is northern deriving as an independent line from north Italian Etruscan (Piacenza liver). The letter style at this time is traditionally called Hebrew as found in the Leningrad Codex. In Poland, this letter lineage and its assumed separate language has traditionally been called Kaanic. This coin was assumed to have been minted shortly after 1181 by King Mieszko III due to a fake translation of its text.
Yet this coin is in Akkadian and not in Hebrew.
In English
In English
First, the letter assignments are incorrect. Second the claimed translation consists mostly of names which is the classic translation cheat because names can cluster any arbitrary set of letters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knaanic_language
Photo https://x.com/inc_2022/status/1495825758132084748/photo/1
Leningrad Codex text sample, portions of Exodus 15:21–16:3. According to its title page it was made in Cairo in 1008 CE. It is not similar to the text on the coin. This text is read left to right.
Online at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeningradCodex_text.jpg