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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1893144, member: 5682&quot;]I, too, am agnostic about the use of punchlets or punch letters for the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard both sides of the argument. That said, there is no reason to believe that a skilled engraver would require punch letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, given the myriad pressures on the later Empire (plagues, barbarian incursions, famine, mutinous legions, etc.) and the urgent need for vast amounts of debased coinage (along with a probable shortage of skilled engravers), there is no reason to believe that the always-practical Romans would not have used punch letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an article that deals only tangentially with the possible use of&nbsp; punch letters:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/hollow_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/hollow_coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/hollow_coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I defer, as always, to the numismatic experts on this site, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is perhaps an area of study of our future Ancient numismatists.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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