Hi Sue,
as personally I'm Roman, born in Rome and studied Latin I should say that
number 4 can expressed in both ways. I've just found an explanation about
this on Wikipedia regarding the use of hand signals but you might need to
find out more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
Hope this helps.
Francesca
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Hello!
Few anyone know why the 4 in Roman numerals is shown as IIII on a clock face
and not IV?
Cheers,
Sue
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