Attic numerals have different symbols for one, five, ten, fifty, 100, 500, etc; so to represent a number you keep adding the same symbol to itself until you get to the "fives" place, then you add the initial symbosl to the five symbols.
Attic numerals have different symbols for one, five, ten, fifty, 100, 500, etc; so to represent a number you keep adding the same symbol to itself until you get to the "fives" place, then you add the initial symbosl to the five symbols.