Numbers

From Lexicon Leponticum

Since numeric characters were or became identical with alphabetic ones in the antique tradition there is some difficulty to identify them properly. While the Latin numeric characters (esp. I "1", V "5", X "10") normally pose no problem, there can only be presumptions concerning the North Italic numeral system due to poor attestation. Based on the Etruscan and early Roman numeral system (Ifrah 1986: 163-183) one may assume the following "North Italic" numeric characters:

Character	Value
	1
or	5
	10
or	50
	100
?	500
or	1000

Pages for presumably attested numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 23, 24, 44, 50, 10000

Bibliography

Ifrah 1986	Georges Ifrah, Universalgeschichte der Zahlen, Frankfurt am Main: Campus 1986. (Translated by Alexander von Platen.)