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Jens Nordlunde · 5th July 2006, 01:05 PM

Hi Puff,

Interesting stuff you are showing, although I doubt very much that many here on the forum have much use for the numbers from 300 BC

. It does however give the forumites an idea of the difficulty when it comes to inscriptions and dates.

Some dates on weapons were made older than the actual year the weapon was made, some put on later, for decoration together with an inscription or a name, or when entering an armoury, and some were, much later, faked by collectors to improve the value of the collection, so any date on a weapon should be compared with the weapon itself, to see if the date and the style it was made in seems to fit the age of the weapon.

5th July 2006, 01:05 PM	#38
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	Hi Puff, Interesting stuff you are showing, although I doubt very much that many here on the forum have much use for the numbers from 300 BC. It does however give the forumites an idea of the difficulty when it comes to inscriptions and dates. Some dates on weapons were made older than the actual year the weapon was made, some put on later, for decoration together with an inscription or a name, or when entering an armoury, and some were, much later, faked by collectors to improve the value of the collection, so any date on a weapon should be compared with the weapon itself, to see if the date and the style it was made in seems to fit the age of the weapon.