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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7572716, member: 19463"]Halfway between zee ankle and toe rentum is the instep where we find Sybaris. I lack the creativity to make a joke on it. The reverse shows the first two letters of the city name but you have to allow for the fact that Sigma was then (late 6th century BC) sometimes written with the orientation we might mistake for M. I call this one at 0.25g a trias or 1/3 litra. 'Experts' vary. In 2013, CNG called it an obol which I consider incorrect. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305655[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If it is a trias, then 36 of them would be worth a nomos like the one below. If it is an obol, it would be 1/12 of the nomos. 7g nomos divided by 0.25 is 28. We may both be wrong but individual weight control in this range is tough. 7/36 is 0.19. Is my little guy fat or is my nomos worn down? IDK</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305656[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7572716, member: 19463"]Halfway between zee ankle and toe rentum is the instep where we find Sybaris. I lack the creativity to make a joke on it. The reverse shows the first two letters of the city name but you have to allow for the fact that Sigma was then (late 6th century BC) sometimes written with the orientation we might mistake for M. I call this one at 0.25g a trias or 1/3 litra. 'Experts' vary. In 2013, CNG called it an obol which I consider incorrect. [ATTACH=full]1305655[/ATTACH] If it is a trias, then 36 of them would be worth a nomos like the one below. If it is an obol, it would be 1/12 of the nomos. 7g nomos divided by 0.25 is 28. We may both be wrong but individual weight control in this range is tough. 7/36 is 0.19. Is my little guy fat or is my nomos worn down? IDK [ATTACH=full]1305656[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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