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What is IXCCLSIV in Roman numerals?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

I am not sure what IXCCLSIV is suposed to be but it certainly isn't a Roman numeral. Roman numerals have specific rules and the string of symbols you have asked about don't conform to them. Most of the symbols you have used were used by the Romans as numerals but S was not. Even if you totally ignore the S the string still doesn't make sense. Roman numerals always start with the highest value symbols on the left. Your 'numeral' starts off with IX, which equals 9. The next numerals CC = 200, so straight away 9 should not be placed in front of 200. If we pretend for a while that 9 can be placed before 200 then according to the rules of writing Roman numerals it would actually mean 9 less than 200, which is 191. If we then forget about the S we are then left with LIV which equals 54. So we have a 'numeral' which has 9 less than 200 + 54. This would equal 245, which as a real Roman numeral would simply be CCXLV

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