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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bernard55, post: 5309625, member: 114733&quot;]I&#039;m writing the code to support adding ancients to my website and I&#039;m finding the nuances of ancients and the cryptic unexplained elements are daunting...&nbsp;&nbsp; For example, when you search some sites you see the Metal the coin is made from as &quot;Æ&quot; -- what does this mean in the context of metal?&nbsp; I understand the Latin but what does it mean in the context of metal?&nbsp; See here: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=&amp;number=&amp;city_id=&amp;region_id=&amp;province_id=&amp;subprovince_id=&amp;issue_id=&amp;reign_id=&amp;date_min=&amp;date_max=&amp;obverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;reverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;obverse_design=&amp;reverse_design=&amp;metal_id=1&amp;weight_min=&amp;weight_max=&amp;diameter_min=&amp;diameter_max=&amp;format=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=&amp;number=&amp;city_id=&amp;region_id=&amp;province_id=&amp;subprovince_id=&amp;issue_id=&amp;reign_id=&amp;date_min=&amp;date_max=&amp;obverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;reverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;obverse_design=&amp;reverse_design=&amp;metal_id=1&amp;weight_min=&amp;weight_max=&amp;diameter_min=&amp;diameter_max=&amp;format=" rel="nofollow">RPC — Search: Browse (ox.ac.uk)</a> I also see it on the front end of denomination &quot;Denomination: Æ (10 mm) Average weight: 2.64 g.&quot;&nbsp; -- is there anything I can read out there that can help a layman like me understand the cryptic nuances of the numismatic experts?</p><p><br /></p><p>another recent example is &quot;r.&quot; -- what is that?&nbsp; example: from <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/177613" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/177613" rel="nofollow">RPC — Coin: 177613 (ox.ac.uk)</a> see the obverse and reverse descriptions.... I&#039;m guessing it stands for head facing right... but there is no reference anywhere that says what &quot;r.&quot; references...</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of what is tripping me up is in the references on each of these sites.&nbsp; I see things like &quot;Cop 334, Sv 207, Burrer Em 1, p. 104, 1–6 &quot; and I suspect these cryptic letters refer to books that may be well know to others but I have no clue what they mean :-(</p><p><br /></p><p>it&#039;s one thing to understand the ancients... but it&#039;s a completely different thing to understand the experts that document the ancients <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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