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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 2837613, member: 81887"]After careful review, I think you are right. The letter in question shows no sign of the right side of the letter that should be present for a theta, and the apparent dot in the middle may be just a swollen central crosslet, which occurs on a couple of the other definite epsilons.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it looks like the date is actually November 43 rather than November 47. Which, as you say, would still be a novel month/year combo, so still an interesting find, but thanks for the correction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 2837613, member: 81887"]After careful review, I think you are right. The letter in question shows no sign of the right side of the letter that should be present for a theta, and the apparent dot in the middle may be just a swollen central crosslet, which occurs on a couple of the other definite epsilons. So, it looks like the date is actually November 43 rather than November 47. Which, as you say, would still be a novel month/year combo, so still an interesting find, but thanks for the correction.[/QUOTE]
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