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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2017775, member: 19463&quot;]Workshop ordinal number systems ran into problems when two words needed started with the same letter.&nbsp;&nbsp; Secundus (2) got the S so Sextus (6) had to seek elsewhere for a way of saying sixth and chose VI.&nbsp;&nbsp; Different mints did things &#039;their way&#039; so we have to learn their codes.&nbsp; Antioch used Greek letters so 2 was B leaving the S available but it does not stand for sextus since they were not using ordinals but it just happens that the Greek numeral for 6 looks a lot like an S (usually the lower curve is smaller and less curved).&nbsp; Some of this may be more clear if you read my page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/officina.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/officina.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/officina.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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