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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 4873892, member: 75525"]The lot arrived today. That is a quick trip from London to Texas, 17 days from hammer. As expected the weights are small. They are more like charms for a neclace or braclet. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177175[/ATTACH] </p><ul> <li>5.4 grams; 2.5 mm dia X 15.5 mm long; has 5 mm hanging loop</li> <li>3.3 grams; 2.5 mm dia X 14.5 mm long</li> <li>5.0 grams; 3.4 mm dia X 8.2 mm long</li> </ul><p>The stamp is more interesting:</p><ul> <li>20.4 grams; 18.1 mm X 8.2 mm X 2.8 mm </li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]1177174[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1177175[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1177173[/ATTACH] </p><p>The letters are 2.8 mm tall. I suppose they could have been used to counterstamp a coin or print a name on a doccument. I do not see this combination in the countermark list on roman coins info - <a href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html</a> </p><p>Anyone here see these letters on a coin? Anyone have a guess what name goes with the letters?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 4873892, member: 75525"]The lot arrived today. That is a quick trip from London to Texas, 17 days from hammer. As expected the weights are small. They are more like charms for a neclace or braclet. [ATTACH=full]1177175[/ATTACH] [LIST] [*]5.4 grams; 2.5 mm dia X 15.5 mm long; has 5 mm hanging loop [*]3.3 grams; 2.5 mm dia X 14.5 mm long [*]5.0 grams; 3.4 mm dia X 8.2 mm long [/LIST] The stamp is more interesting: [LIST] [*]20.4 grams; 18.1 mm X 8.2 mm X 2.8 mm [/LIST] [ATTACH=full]1177174[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1177175[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1177173[/ATTACH] The letters are 2.8 mm tall. I suppose they could have been used to counterstamp a coin or print a name on a doccument. I do not see this combination in the countermark list on roman coins info - [URL]http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html[/URL] Anyone here see these letters on a coin? Anyone have a guess what name goes with the letters?[/QUOTE]
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