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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2641519, member: 75525&quot;]How often were marks of value added to Roman Imperial Æ coins? I am aware of the system used in RR times: X, V,&nbsp; III, II, I, S and all of the dots to represent twelfths of an as were used on cast and struck bronze of the Roman Republic. I do not remember seeing similar marks in AD times. Thanks to Doug and others, I am aware of XXI on LRB meaning 1:20 silver to bronze, but that is not quite a mark of value.</p><p>I found an interesting comment in Sydenham&#039;s book on dating Roman Imperial coins. He mentions that Nero used the following:</p><p>Sestertius = 4 asses, no mark</p><p>Dupondius = 2 asses, mark = II</p><p>As, mark = I</p><p>Semis = 1/2 as, mark = S</p><p>Quadrans = 1/4 as, no mark</p><p>When I look in acsearch.info, I did find some examples for Nero. Interesting though is that most of his coins in the searches did not have the marks. The marks for the Dupondius and As, II &amp; I, were all below the bottom line (in ex) while the S was in the field of the coins?? </p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Æ coins with marks of value.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]582834[/ATTACH]&nbsp; photo thanks to Nomos</p><p>[ATTACH]582835[/ATTACH]&nbsp; photo thanks to Roma</p><p>[ATTACH]582836[/ATTACH]&nbsp; photo thanks to Kunker</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]582837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]582840[/ATTACH]&nbsp; These are more my speed, an I &amp; S from 220 BC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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