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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3878045, member: 99456&quot;]While I am not sure I have it right - I will share how I rationalized the date on my coin.&nbsp; I say &quot;rationalized&quot; because I am very much not convinced that I am reading correctly vs. just justifying the number I think it should be.&nbsp; A <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2771733/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2771733/">CT post</a> from [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] referenced, &quot;<i>Numerical Notation: A Comparative History</i>&quot; by Stephen Chrisomalis, which has this table:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024469[/ATTACH]</p><p>Using this guide, reading my coin right to left - I think my coin is 113 (147-146 BC) or 114 (146-145 BC) - not sure how many 1&#039;s run off to the left.&nbsp; It gets complicated because there are apparently more than twenty variants for the numbers 20 and 100 (a few shown in the table above).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024508[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Edit:</b> I can&#039;t really explain the extra dash between the 1&#039;s and the 10.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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