Rab

same is sometimes done between % and 7, a8 cereus, and ene us, . In the notes of the ancients, R. or RO. signified Roma; R. C. Romana civitas; R. G. C, ret gerende causa; R. F. E. D. recte factum & dictum; R.G. F, reg is filius; R. Ps res public a, or Romani principes; and R. R. R. F. fF, F. res Romana ruet ferro, fame, flamm a. R was anciently a numeral letter, signifying 80; according to the verse, Octoginta dal it til i R, siquis numeral it. When a dash was added at top, as R, it signified eighty you sand. The Greek r, 5, with a small mark over it, signified a hundred; with the same mark under it, it denoted 1000 x 100: thus p, signified 100,000. In the Hebrew numeration 4 denoted 200; and with two horizontal points over it 1000 x 200; thus 4 = 200,000. R on the French coins denotes their being struck at Orleans. AR, or R, in¢ medicinal prescription, stands for recipe, take: thus, K magnes. alb. 4}. signifies, take a dram of magnesia.