Numerals on coins of Probus

"Value mark"

KA = XXI
Officina
Greek letter
Coin
example
Greek letter
name
Latin
equivalent
Exceptional
numerals
Coin
example
I, II, III, IIII then A, B, C, D used
at Lugdunum.
1
 example of the numeral ALPHA
ALPHA
P or I or A
 example of letter P as a numeral
PRIMA
2
 example of the numeral BETA
BETA
S or II or B
 example of letter S as a numeral
SECUNDA
3
 example of the numeral GAMMA
GAMMA
T or III or C
 example of letter T as a numeral
TERTIA
4
 example of the numeral DELTA
DELTA
Q or IIII or IV or D
 (use of IV is exceptional) example of letter Q as a numeral
QUARTA
5
 example of the numeral EPSILON
EPSILON
V
 example of the numeral V
QUINTA
6
 example of the numeral STIGMA
Cursive
DIGAMMA
also called
STIGMA.
VI or ->
 . example of the numeral VI
SEXTA
7
 example of the numeral ZETA
ZETA
VII
 example of the numeral VII
SEPTIMA
8
 example of the numeral ETA
ETA
VIII
OCTA
9
N/A
THETA

Not used

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IX
NONA
9
 example of the additive numeral EPSILON DELTA
EPSILON DELTA

(5 + 4 = 9)
IX
NONA


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