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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 4507996, member: 74222&quot;]I found this in wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117340[/ATTACH] </p><p>From&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For those who are unfamiliar with the Byzantine denomination, then take a look here: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmbyz.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmbyz.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmbyz.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wan to ask about two things:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First:</p><p><br /></p><p>I can notice the &quot;e&quot;(5), &quot;I&quot;(10) &quot;k&quot;(20), but the &quot;m&quot; for 40 nummi is so wrong. It looks like a reverse &quot;h&quot;. Can anyone explain me why there is a &quot;m&quot; for 40 nummi?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do some people call &quot;5&quot; for pentanummi but other times for &quot;pentanummion&quot;. Is it because &quot;pentanummi&quot; is fitted into the English tongue while &quot;pentanummion&quot; is a more original/greek one?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Second:</p><p><br /></p><p>5 is pentanummi</p><p>10 is decadummi</p><p><br /></p><p>But how do you say &quot;20&quot; and &quot;40&quot; with &quot;nummi&quot; to it. Because I always stuck on &quot;half follis&quot; and &quot;follis&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117354[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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