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Ancient Symbols (Unicode block)

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Ancient Symbols (Unicode block)
RangeU+10190..U+101CF
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsGreek (1 char.)
Common (12 char.)
Symbol setsRoman weights and currency
Assigned13 code points
Unused51 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)12 (+12)
7.0 (2014)13 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ancient Symbols is a Unicode block containing Roman characters for currency, weights, and measures. Thirteen symbols are encoded as of Unicode 9.0:

  • U+10190 𐆐 ROMAN SEXTANS SIGN (Sextans)
  • U+10191 𐆑 ROMAN UNCIA SIGN (Uncia)
  • U+10192 𐆒 ROMAN SEMUNCIA SIGN (Semuncia)
  • U+10193 𐆓 ROMAN SEXTULA SIGN (Sextula)
  • U+10194 𐆔 ROMAN DIMIDIA SEXTULA SIGN (half-Sextula)
  • U+10195 𐆕 ROMAN SILIQUA SIGN (Siliqua
  • U+10196 𐆖 ROMAN DENARIUS SIGN (Denarius)
  • U+10197 𐆗 ROMAN QUINARIUS SIGN(Quinarius)
  • U+10198 𐆘 ROMAN SESTERTIUS SIGN (Sestertius)
  • U+10199 𐆙 ROMAN DUPONDIUS SIGN (Dupondius)
  • U+1019A 𐆚 ROMAN AS SIGN (Assarius)
  • U+1019B 𐆛 ROMAN CENTURIAL SIGN (Centuria)
  • U+101A0 𐆠 GREEK SYMBOL TAU RHO (Staurogram)

Chart

Ancient Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1019x 𐆐 𐆑 𐆒 𐆓 𐆔 𐆕 𐆖 𐆗 𐆘 𐆙 𐆚 𐆛 𐆜
U+101Ax 𐆠
U+101Bx
U+101Cx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.