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manry Valued Member Italy 197 Posts	Posted 03/13/2019 3:48 pm Thx to that will help me * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 03/13/2019 7:44 pm Interesting piece with what looks like a lower case gothic Z to me. It could be a weight, but answers to a couple questions might help us. What is the weight of this piece? Approximate dimensions? Can you also post a pic of the back side and edge (if there are any distinguishing marks)? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 03/13/2019 8:57 pm It's an "apothecary weight". The markings are apothecary-shorthand for "one ounce". Reference for symbols usage: Wikipedia. The "ounce" referred to is probably not the avoirdupois ounce, or the troy ounce, but the "apothecaries ounce". The "ounce" was defined differently in different parts of Europe; this map (also from Wikipedia) shows how much an apothecaries ounce weighed, in grams, in each area. If you weigh your object, you might get some indication of roughly where it came from. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1912 Posts	Posted 03/13/2019 9:50 pm Interesting spot on answer and new to me regarding symbols. I'll have to add them to my collection of notes regarding letters, numeral and symbols. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 03/14/2019 09:12 am Fascinating. Thanks @sap for helping me learn something today. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
manry Valued Member Italy 197 Posts	Posted 03/14/2019 09:42 am Thx to albert and sap for the catch Report this Post to the Staff
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