Egyptian ox‑head hieroglyph · ~3000 BCEProto‑Sinaitic ʼālep “ox” · ~1800 BCEPhoenician ʾāleph · ~1050 BCE↳ Aramaic aleph — side‑branch to Hebrew / Arabic / BrahmiGreek Alpha — rotated upright · ~800 BCEEtruscan → Latin A · ~700 BCEEnglish A · today
Every Coin is a Chronicle