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The german band Rammstein used this to portray the Letter "R" in their logo from 1993, but cannot find a matching rune or a mix of them what would produce this symbol, my guess it's a stylized Old Germanic "R" binded with a hyphen to indicate the number 6

Also resembles a portion of the "Helm of awe"

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I'm guessing it's a variant on ᛉ (*algiz), which is conventionally transcribed as z, r₂, or ʀ. The phoneme it represented is reconstructed as *z in Proto-Germanic and eventually merged with r in later Norse, but it's not clear what exactly it was in between those two times, so different scholars transcribe it differently. It's entirely possible non-linguists flipping through a book on runic orthography would see it listed as capital R, and use it as such.

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  • Yes this is probably it with Yr rune ᛦ turned upside down. Also was suggested by a friend that maybe it wasn't a rune at all and just a representation of a gear shift – nodws Oct 19 '19 at 18:57
  • I think they could afford to consult a dozrnt linguists if necessary. I don't see where OP's idea with the 6 came from, but I too thought numbers. – vectory Jun 23 '20 at 21:31