What 𐆚 means
It marks the as, Rome’s base bronze unit. Before coins, Romans weighed rough bronze in exchange, attested from the fifth century BCE.
Domestic coins came in the early third century BCE; the as weighed a Roman pound. Around 211 BCE, it weighed half as much, and silver coins were priced in asses.
Historical forms include crossed, left-ticked, or vertical strokes; all denote the same as.
Specialist notation for Roman money and weight records.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Roman Uncia Sign
An uncia is one twelfth of an as.
Roman Denarius Sign
Silver denarius coin counted in asses alongside the as.
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Roman Quinarius Sign
Silver quinarius coin counted in the same as-based system.
𐆘
Roman Sestertius Sign
Sestertius: a silver coin and account unit valued in asses.
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Roman Dupondius Sign
Dupondius: a bronze coin worth two asses.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐆚 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𐆚
- Search it as
- Roman as · as sign · as coin
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𐆚CSS
\1019ASource code
Python:
\U0001019A; JavaScript: \u{1019A}. Use these escapes in source code.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐆚
HTML hex
𐆚
CSS content
content: "\1019A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%86%9A
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.