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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4263830, member: 19463"]That is not an error but just a typeface you do not like. The b is thin and the A has a fancy crossbar but that is how that engraver made those letters. More people are bothered by the fact that this period of Byzantine Greek uses a mix of Latin and Greek letters. Note that Christ is spelled XRISTU. If you seek them out you will find quite a few different ways of making an A on the Anonymous coins. Still they did not have as many as we do on our computer fonts. I rather like the A with an upside down Y as a cross bar. The one below is almost an upside down pitchfork. To the people who read these it was just handwriting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4263830, member: 19463"]That is not an error but just a typeface you do not like. The b is thin and the A has a fancy crossbar but that is how that engraver made those letters. More people are bothered by the fact that this period of Byzantine Greek uses a mix of Latin and Greek letters. Note that Christ is spelled XRISTU. If you seek them out you will find quite a few different ways of making an A on the Anonymous coins. Still they did not have as many as we do on our computer fonts. I rather like the A with an upside down Y as a cross bar. The one below is almost an upside down pitchfork. To the people who read these it was just handwriting. [ATTACH=full]1086278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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