Posted 11/18/2023 5:19 pm
Again it seems I am mixed up.
it is actually BPP in exergue.
Reading up on this in
THE SELEUCID MINT
OF ANTIOCH by EDWARD T. NEWELL
(acknowledgments and thanks to augustus1 for the very timely link to seemingly all things ancient) I have been able to deduce most of the numerical system used by the Seleucids at that time, and I THINK that it is 2 (B beta) + 100 (P Rho) + 100 (P Rho) - 202 Aer. Sel. which would equate to Oct 111 to Oct 110 B.C.
I say I think, because most of the ancient greek numeral systems, and there were many by all accounts, would use sigma as the symbol for 200 rather than PP.
So hopefully I have solved my own twisted query, and many thanks for the help provided.......
it is actually BPP in exergue.
Reading up on this in
THE SELEUCID MINT
OF ANTIOCH by EDWARD T. NEWELL
(acknowledgments and thanks to augustus1 for the very timely link to seemingly all things ancient) I have been able to deduce most of the numerical system used by the Seleucids at that time, and I THINK that it is 2 (B beta) + 100 (P Rho) + 100 (P Rho) - 202 Aer. Sel. which would equate to Oct 111 to Oct 110 B.C.
I say I think, because most of the ancient greek numeral systems, and there were many by all accounts, would use sigma as the symbol for 200 rather than PP.
So hopefully I have solved my own twisted query, and many thanks for the help provided.......
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
