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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 8225982, member: 44316"]We've seen lots of coins with very many letters. Naturally, I looked at my Trajan pieces to see if I had any with many letters per millimeter.  Well, I could not top what has already been shown, but this one struck me as of interest for being the opposite extreme. It is 12 mm in diameter and has only two letters, total, on both sides, with none around the edges at all. [ATTACH=full]1445392[/ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117.  Possibly an "uncia". Probably a product of Rome minted for use at Antioch. 12 mm. 1.02 grams. Sear II 3250. McAlee 526 "rare" ("half quadrans" or "chalcous"). RPC III 3681 "chalcous". old RIC II Trajan 443 "semis" (I doubt it is a semis. It is smaller than other semisses.) 12 mm x  3.14 x 2 [sides] = 75 mm of rim and 2 letters makes 37.5 mm per letter. I'd say, "Top that!" except "top" is not the right word. Bottom that![/QUOTE]