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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4896833, member: 19463"]I can add nothing to clarify but I fail to see how we could expect 30g out of a four when the small units see, to weigh as little as 2.5g to 4g. That would make the tetra- 10 to 16g. which is what we see. As usual, I believe we modern owners of digital scales overemphasize .01g differences when the makers were relying on diameter and general feel of the coins. Certainly there are denominations marked A, B, Γ, Δ and E (not to mention the 1 1/2 and 4 1/2 coins) but I suspect that the exact time and place only made a couple of the sizes and people would accept the big ones as four and little ones as one or whatever was appropriate. Details would be what made business for moneychangers which never in history was an occupation universally admired for honest dealings. </p><p><br /></p><p>In general, right or wrong, I expect 2 and 3 pieces to be marked with 5's having the facing portraits unless otherwise marked (like 4 1/2). Like all of my opinions, this is a thought in progress subject to modification as we find more information. Today we suffer from enlarged photos like Brian's 8.8g river god which seems awfully light for a four. Perhaps, in hand, it would seem to be something else but my eye sees a coin that is too lage to be a one and not marked so I want to see a four. People who used these things on a daily basis were expected to develop a feel rather like we have when we stick our hand blindly in a pocket and can find the coin we want.</p><p>2 (B is backwards and also servs as a bow for Herakles?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181649[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>5</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181644[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3[ATTACH=full]1181645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>4[ATTACH=full]1181646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1 1/2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181647[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4 1/2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181648[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4896833, member: 19463"]I can add nothing to clarify but I fail to see how we could expect 30g out of a four when the small units see, to weigh as little as 2.5g to 4g. That would make the tetra- 10 to 16g. which is what we see. As usual, I believe we modern owners of digital scales overemphasize .01g differences when the makers were relying on diameter and general feel of the coins. Certainly there are denominations marked A, B, Γ, Δ and E (not to mention the 1 1/2 and 4 1/2 coins) but I suspect that the exact time and place only made a couple of the sizes and people would accept the big ones as four and little ones as one or whatever was appropriate. Details would be what made business for moneychangers which never in history was an occupation universally admired for honest dealings. In general, right or wrong, I expect 2 and 3 pieces to be marked with 5's having the facing portraits unless otherwise marked (like 4 1/2). Like all of my opinions, this is a thought in progress subject to modification as we find more information. Today we suffer from enlarged photos like Brian's 8.8g river god which seems awfully light for a four. Perhaps, in hand, it would seem to be something else but my eye sees a coin that is too lage to be a one and not marked so I want to see a four. People who used these things on a daily basis were expected to develop a feel rather like we have when we stick our hand blindly in a pocket and can find the coin we want. 2 (B is backwards and also servs as a bow for Herakles?) [ATTACH=full]1181649[/ATTACH] 5 [ATTACH=full]1181644[/ATTACH] 3[ATTACH=full]1181645[/ATTACH] 4[ATTACH=full]1181646[/ATTACH] 1 1/2 [ATTACH=full]1181647[/ATTACH] 4 1/2 [ATTACH=full]1181648[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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