𐆖

𐆖 U+10196, 𐆖 ROMAN DENARIUS SIGN ← 𐆕 [U+10195] Ancient Symbols 𐆗 → [U+10197]

Latin

Etymology

Roman numeral Ⅹ with a cross-bar

Symbol

𐆖 (historical)

1. denarius, a unit of currency worth 10 as. The symbol precedes a number to indicate the value in denarii.
   • c. 3rd century CE, Altar piece at Peillon (photograph):

     L B IVNIVS CORNVTVS / MAGISTER COLL DENDRO / [P]HORORVM ARAM ET PAVI / MENTVM SCHOLAE ET PRO / NAVI·DE SVO·FECIT / ET SPORTVLAS DEDIT·SING· / DENDROPHORIS 𐆖 SINGVLOS / ET VINVM·PASSIM·DIVISIT

     Lucius Blaesius[?] Iunius Cornutus, president of the college of dendrophores, made the altar and the pavement of the schola and the vestibule, at his expense. He gave sportulae to each, one denarius to each dendrophore and he distributed wine around.

See also

• 𐆚 (the symbol for the as)

Currency signs

• ؋ – afghani
• ฿ – baht
• ₿ – bitcoin
• ¢ – cent
• ₡ – colón
• ₵ – cedi
• – cifrão
• $ – dollar sign
• ₫ – dong
• ֏ – dram
• € – euro
• ƒ – florin/guilder/gulden
• ₲ – guarani
• ₴ – hryvnia
• ₭ – kip
• ₾ – lari
• ₺ – Turkish lira
• ₼ – manat
• ₥ – mill
• ₦ – naira
• ₱ – Philippine peso
• £ or ₤ – pound/lira
• ﷼ – rial/riyal
• ៛ – riel
• ރ – rufiyaa
• ₽ – ruble
• ₨ – rupee
• ₹ – Indian rupee
• ૱ – rupee (in Gujarat)
• ௹ – rupee (in Tamil)
• 𞱱 – rupee (in Urdu)
• ₪ – new shekel
• ⃀ – som
• ৲ or ৳ – taka
• ₸ – tenge
• ₮ – tugrik, tether
• ₩ – won
• ¥ – yen/yuan

Formerly used currency signs

• 𐆚 – Roman as
• ₳ – austral
• ₠ – ECU (European Currency Unit)
• ₢ – cruzeiro
• 𐆖 – Roman denarius
• ₯ – drachma
• ₣ – French franc
• ₶ – livre tournois
• ℳ – mark
• ₧ – peseta
• ₰ – pfennig
• 𐆘 – Roman sesterce
• ₷ – spesmilo
• – old Israeli shekel/sheqel

Further reading

denarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia