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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3363117, member: 87404"]Yep, it's a regnal year 16. For Byzantine denominations or value, the numbers equate to: M = 40 (Follis) [ATTACH=full]891734[/ATTACH] K = 20 (Half Follis) [ATTACH=full]891733[/ATTACH] I+B = 12 (12 Nummi) [ATTACH=full]891732[/ATTACH] I = 10 (Decanummium) [ATTACH=full]891731[/ATTACH] E = 5 (Pentanummium) [ATTACH=full]891730[/ATTACH] -----For the dating (regnal year or number of years into the reign of the emperor) on Byzantine coins, the numbers used are different than the numbers/letters used for values and equate to: X = 10 (like Roman numerals) [ATTACH=full]891728[/ATTACH] G = 6 (looks like the below U but with a longer, curvy left side; a ligature of the U and I or 5+1) [ATTACH=full]891726[/ATTACH] U = 5 (notice the shorter left side) [ATTACH=full]891724[/ATTACH] I = 1 (like Roman numerals) [ATTACH=full]891729[/ATTACH] And, as always, Doug has a great resource: <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>[/QUOTE]