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fernando · 18th May 2016, 01:18 PM

An unsupported theory would be that, there is no cyrillic involved here. The mirror atitude of the N could just be the smith's fantasy ... or illiteracy.
Reading the lettering straight forward, we would have ANCONA which is the name, for one, of a city and province in center Italy, somehow related with Roman era history, ancient weapon archeology and the like.
Would there be swordmaking over there during the age of the blade in discussion ?
... Notwithstanding this is a silly approach

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18th May 2016, 01:18 PM	#37
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,641	An unsupported theory would be that, there is no cyrillic involved here. The mirror atitude of the N could just be the smith's fantasy ... or illiteracy. Reading the lettering straight forward, we would have ANCONA which is the name, for one, of a city and province in center Italy, somehow related with Roman era history, ancient weapon archeology and the like. Would there be swordmaking over there during the age of the blade in discussion ? ... Notwithstanding this is a silly approach .