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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7925174, member: 19463"]We should not consider it all that odd that a symbol might be used for a concept like 'year'.  We do that regularly for money denominations (dollar, pound, yen etc. etc.).  I am a bit surprised to see the suggestion that the L was limited to years expressed with only one digit.  This is proven wrong on many Alexandrian coins.  Have you noticed that often the lower part of the L symbol is extended longer than usually seen for the letter?  The Nero LIB below is an excellent example of this.[ATTACH=full]1369344[/ATTACH] This Commodus has the lower part twice as long as the upper LK S[ATTACH=full]1369345[/ATTACH] It can also be below the number L K A with the two numbers spread across the coin.[ATTACH=full]1369346[/ATTACH] Here it is with a real lambda for year 30.[ATTACH=full]1369347[/ATTACH] I like Domna so she makes this list adding nothing of value. [ATTACH=full]1369348[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1369351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1369349[/ATTACH] There are always those who won't play by the rules.  Why does this Salonina have a short bottomed L when it could have gone under the IA just like it did on the above Severus Alexander LIA?[ATTACH=full]1369350[/ATTACH] We even get an L with a number spelled out. ENATOV  L[ATTACH=full]1369352[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]