Thanks for your informative piece on the Roman numerals on the Tomb of the Unknowns. Now can you explain to me why the 4 on my watch is denominated by IIII instead of IV, a fact I had not noticed ...

Most of the numbers are easy — either IIII or IV is correct as the Roman numeral representing 4.Clock face makers working before 1850 almost always used the IIII form. Picture […] Skip to content ...