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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3617831, member: 19463&quot;]On the off chance that this was an honest question.&nbsp; There is a lot a assumptions made in dating coins.&nbsp; For example, if the coin says Septimius Severus on it we assume it was made during his reign.&nbsp; If it says year 2 we assume it was made in year two of his reign.&nbsp; Many Greek coins are only dated to a century or other long period like &#039;during the period after the city was founded and before it was destroyed.&nbsp; All this assumes you are not denying that antiquity existed in the first place.&nbsp; Archaeologists and numismatists work together to place coins in context with other dateable artifacts.&nbsp; For example, a coin of Titus found in the ruins of Pompeii under the ash dates the coin to a time before Vesuvius erupted.&nbsp; There are 10,000 clues that allow us to date some coins more closely and others rather generally.&nbsp; There are coins of people not recorded in history but if the metal content and design is similar to a known emperor, we theorize the coins may date to about the same time.&nbsp; It is a lot like we date worn Buffalo nickels.&nbsp; We look to see if the coin shows the 1913 style groundline or the one used later.&nbsp; We do the best we can. </p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt this.&nbsp; I was last tested for IQ over 60 years ago.&nbsp; I took a lot of other tests along the way and do remember my old test score.&nbsp; I suspect that the tests are given to more people being considered for being classified as weak mentally than they are to everyday, normal and functional adults.&nbsp; A score average of 88 does not say anything about the millions of people never tested or tested before or after the sample period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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