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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2959304, member: 88829&quot;]With all due respect to Prof. Laing (and Kevin M) this explanation of the &quot;L&quot; symbol did not originate with him.&nbsp; The following appears in the <i>Historia Numorum</i> of Barcley Head (1911 edition Argonaut reprint):&nbsp; p. 847 &quot;This was formerly supposed to be an Egyptian sign, perhaps of demotic origin, but it may be no more than a fragmentary survival of the initial E of E T O V [Sigma] (<i>J.H.S.</i>, 1902, pp. 149 ff).&quot;&nbsp; I take the reference <i>J.H.S.</i> to refer to the <i>Journal of Hellenic Studies</i>, but did not find it in his bibliography.&nbsp; Nonetheless, by Head&#039;s testimony, the idea goes back at least to the turn of the twentieth century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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