Panormos, modern Palermo, was known by the Semitic name "Ziz" during its early history, reflecting its origins as a Phoenician colony established sometime around the 8th-7th century BCE. The name "Ziz" (sometimes transliterated as "Sys" or "Sis") appears on this particular coin  in Phoenician script to the right of the rooster. This dual nomenclature reflects the city's multicultural layering, with "Ziz" representing its Phoenician-Punic identity and connections to the Carthaginian world and "Panormos" emerging as Greek influence expanded in Sicily.  Ziz likely derives from a Semitic root meaning "flower", possibly referring to the abundant natural features of the area. While the later Greek name "Panormos" means "all-port" or "safe anchorage”, as a description of the same geographical and geological advantages that had attracted the Phoenician founders.