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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3174076, member: 96864"]Thanks <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/milesofwho.91469/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/milesofwho.91469/">Milesofwho</a>, I believe the bullet you're referring to is 1 of 2 pictured from apparently the same mold, reading ΔΡΟΜΑΣ (Dromas) and in my generally uneducated opinion is an example of classical sarcasm, i.e. "Here's a camel's hump for ya!":</p><p>[ATTACH=full]816477[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from some Latin I have no training in the classics or Ancient Greek, with the prospect of deciphering items like this being the primary motivation for learning enough to be useful. I could be way-off and perhaps it is the name of some town or military commander, so any thoughts would be welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a side view of one of the bladed bullets, (man I love these things):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816490[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's one of my more unusual and interesting examples, embossed with the helmeted head of a soldier. I haven't seen anything like it so I assume depictions of people on the bullets wasn't common:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816486[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3174076, member: 96864"]Thanks [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/milesofwho.91469/']Milesofwho[/URL], I believe the bullet you're referring to is 1 of 2 pictured from apparently the same mold, reading ΔΡΟΜΑΣ (Dromas) and in my generally uneducated opinion is an example of classical sarcasm, i.e. "Here's a camel's hump for ya!": [ATTACH=full]816477[/ATTACH] Aside from some Latin I have no training in the classics or Ancient Greek, with the prospect of deciphering items like this being the primary motivation for learning enough to be useful. I could be way-off and perhaps it is the name of some town or military commander, so any thoughts would be welcome. Here's a side view of one of the bladed bullets, (man I love these things): [ATTACH=full]816490[/ATTACH] And here's one of my more unusual and interesting examples, embossed with the helmeted head of a soldier. I haven't seen anything like it so I assume depictions of people on the bullets wasn't common: [ATTACH=full]816486[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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