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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4941997, member: 19463&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; We will see this expressed as three twelths &quot;trionkia&quot; or simplified to one fourth &quot;tetras&quot;.&nbsp; Many people get confused in their twelths since three dots is a fourth and four dots is a third (&quot;trias&quot;) as on this Akragas tooth type coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1188006[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two dots is 2/12 or one sixth (&quot;hexas&quot;) as on this tooth worth half the above back then. Both of these have and eagle and a crab but these cast coins are hard to find with both clear. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1188003[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then the Romans came along and translated the fractions into Latin giving us triens, quadrans and sextans for 4, 3, and 2 dots respectively.&nbsp; If we had known we were going to be coin collectors we should have paid more attention to fractions in third grade.&nbsp; All I have to show is a three dot quadrans.&nbsp; I really should show more interest in RR AE coins but you can&#039;t collect everything.&nbsp; Can you?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1188007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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