No, vice versa. Roman numerals spelling out the date were used on the early high-relief strikes. When they lowered the relief, they went to arabic numerals.
Curiously the US mint did the same thing with the AGE coins that came out in 1986, started with Roman numerals and later on went to Arabic numerals for the dates. I guess most people now are clueless to reading Roman numeral dates now.
So either the listing is incorrect or the picture is wrong. Which is it? Hard to believe they could miss this, isn't it?
It is the title of the thread that is incorrect. It should read "Where are the ROMAN numerals" as I can clearly see the Arabic numerals "1-9-0-7" on the coin....
P. S. - I want me one of those Saints too, but it'll have to wait. Too many mouths to feed at the moment, lol.
And I probably wouldn't be satisfied with the abundance of bag marks you find on a typical MS62 - I'd want a gem grade, which means I'll probably never own one.
Whodda thunk? However they're not dated by year, but rather by titles acquired by particular emperors. Many are not dated whatsoever.
Me too I'm happy with my Arabic numeral 1907 ms 64 is a pretty coin but I want one of those Roman numeral ones outta my price range for now tho
Another thing that could make it confusing is that the numerals we used today 1,2,3,4 etc are typically called "arabic numerals" but they are not really arabic numerals. These are arabic numerals ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠
