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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 2365835, member: 22729&quot;]I found out a few things about your apothecary weight, Circus. Although the cursive writing appears to read &quot;3y&quot; (at least to me ), it&#039;s actually a stylized &quot;3 ij&quot; which is the symbol used to denote 2 drachms. Previously, the term &quot;dram&quot; was used but it was changed to &quot;drachm&quot; in 1900 to avoid confusion in regard to the term dram being used in other applications of weight. </p><p><br /></p><p>The symbol for 1 drachm would be &quot;3j&quot;, and &quot;3iij&quot; for three drachms. Apparently, most of these were brass. Yours looks more copper by the picture, but that may be because of the lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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