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<p>[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 4519074, member: 111387"]The Attic or Acrophonic numerical system were a common feature on coins and other contexts, and sometimes this was used alongside the Ionic or Alphabetic system. Other symbols in turn deriving from a secondary set were also used to describe quantities of money. These had been based on numerical systems used in specific poleis that had also a wider geographical applications.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, the notation [ATTACH=full]1119590[/ATTACH], sometimes simplified to O, that in Argos indicates the amount of 10, was used throughout the Greek world, especially in Aspendos, founded by Argos’ settlers. </p><p><br /></p><p>When the numerical value from Argos representing O to be 10 is multiplied with Π or 5 (according to the Attic system), the symbol[ATTACH=full]1119585[/ATTACH] is obtained which has the value of 50.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I'm gonna go with a stab and go with:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Get_Rich_Or_Die_Tryin%27.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 4519074, member: 111387"]The Attic or Acrophonic numerical system were a common feature on coins and other contexts, and sometimes this was used alongside the Ionic or Alphabetic system. Other symbols in turn deriving from a secondary set were also used to describe quantities of money. These had been based on numerical systems used in specific poleis that had also a wider geographical applications. For instance, the notation [ATTACH=full]1119590[/ATTACH], sometimes simplified to O, that in Argos indicates the amount of 10, was used throughout the Greek world, especially in Aspendos, founded by Argos’ settlers. When the numerical value from Argos representing O to be 10 is multiplied with Π or 5 (according to the Attic system), the symbol[ATTACH=full]1119585[/ATTACH] is obtained which has the value of 50. So, I'm gonna go with a stab and go with: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Get_Rich_Or_Die_Tryin%27.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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