Sir,—In Kitto's Biblical CyclopÆdia, vol. 2. p. 373, we find the following coin, on which is engraved an ancient harp surrounded by the letters, Fllth Chtr Phl, which may be construed thus:—

After referring the readers of "Current Notes" to the "London EncyclopÆdia," word Falasha, and Prichard's Physical History of Mankind, vol. 1, "On the Races of People in the Interior of Africa," let us have recourse to Etymology for a further elucidation of this singular coin, and the Semi-Jewish tribe whose name it bears.

Felatah.—Hebrew ??? phalat, which by comparison with its cognates signifies, to separate from, retire into, (another country); and with its affix ???? phalatah, or Felatah, signifying evasio, liberatio, residuum, &c.

Cithara.—Greek ???a?a. Hebrew and Chaldee ??? chatar, a stick, (plectrum), to beat with a stick; therefore the instrument cannot be the ?????? asor, decachordon; but properly, I think, the harp or lyre that was beaten with the plectrum.

Pul.—Hebrew ??? phul, or Pul, (Isaiah lxvi. 19.) "Africa, ea pars quÆ apud Fesam."

Such is the value of rightly interpreting the ancient coins of various nations.

Southwick, Oundle, March 27th, 1852.