Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some … ...

The building that was the Old Post Office and Clock Tower was completed in 1899 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Like many clock faces, its uses four I’s instead of IV ...

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 ...

How to read Roman numerals. Roman numerals use the letters of the alphabet, which are then used in combination the higher the number. The symbols for numbers 1-10 are as follows: ...