Thread: Possibly the oldest hand cannon dated 1346
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Old 6th June 2018, 07:33 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by David
... You would not write out four "X"s (XXXX) to represent 40 ...
I guess you would ... in some versions through time ... as there were quite a few. The issue would be more the roman/arab 'composite'
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