Valentinian Posted December 13, 2024 · Member Posted December 13, 2024 In October I posted about an unusual way to write the year "5" : https://www.numisforums.com/topic/7550-roman-numerals-for-5/#comment-98794 There I posted a coin with "5" written in Roman numerals as II III instead of "V". I find it interesting that Byzantine denominations are often in Greek (e.g. M for 40) while on the same coin the date is in Roman numerals, (e.g. XII for 12): Justinian, 527-565. 42-40 mm. 21.49 grams. Sear 163. This post is about an interesting (if ugly) Byzantine coin where the date is in Greek! Justin II and Sophia, 565-578. Sear 366. Year 5. 23.7-18.4 mm. 4.94 grams. Denomination "K" for "20" in Greek. ANNO for "year" (in Latin) down the left. TES (in Latin) below the K for Thessalonica mint. ΘKC above, with a bar above the KC, abbreviating Theotokos (Greek for "Mother of God"). Є to right for year 5 in Greek. The same type (Sear 366) also comes with year ɥ (also for 5). Year 4 is in Greek only and years 6, 7, and 8 come in both Greek and Roman numerals. I have a page about reading Byzantine coin legends http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html and it has a section on the use of numerals: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html#numbers Show us some use of numerals on coins (or maybe both Greek and Roman numerals on the same coin). 9 Quote
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