Roman Numeral and Old-Style Roman Numeral Guide

Roman Numeral Guide

I = 1

V = 5

X = 10

L = 50

C = 100

D = 500

M = 1000

1-25		26-50		51-75		76-100
I	1	XXVI	26	LI	51	LXXVI	76
II	2	XXVII	27	LII	52	LXXVII	77
III	3	XXVIII	28	LIII	53	LXXVIII	78
IV	4	XXIX	29	LIV	54	LXXIX	79
V	5	XXX	30	LV	55	LXXX	80
VI	6	XXXI	31	LVI	56	LXXXI	81
VII	7	XXXII	32	LVII	57	LXXXII	82
VIII	8	XXXIII	33	LVIII	58	LXXXIII	83
IX	9	XXXIV	34	LIX	59	LXXXIV	84
X	10	XXXV	35	LX	60	LXXXV	85
XI	11	XXXVI	36	LXI	61	LXXXVI	86
XII	12	XXXVII	37	LXII	62	LXXXVII	87
XIII	13	XXXVIII	38	LXIII	63	LXXXVIII	88
XIV	14	XXXIX	39	LXIV	64	LXXXIX	89
XV	15	XL	40	LXV	65	XC	90
XVI	16	XLI	41	LXVI	66	XCI	91
XVII	17	XLII	42	LXVII	67	XCII	92
XVIII	18	XLIII	43	LXVIII	68	XCIII	93
XIX	19	XLIV	44	LXIX	69	XCIV	94
XX	20	XLV	45	LXX	70	XCV	95
XXI	21	XLVI	46	LXXI	71	XCVI	96
XXII	22	XLVII	47	LXXII	72	XCVII	97
XXIII	23	XLVIII	48	LXXIII	73	XCVIII	98
XXIV	24	XLIX	49	LXXIV	74	XCIX	99
XXV	25	L	50	LXXV	75	C	100

Examples:

MDXCIX = 1599

MDCCCLXXIV = 1874

MDCCLVII = 1757

OLD-STYLE ROMAN NUMERALS (AKA "BACKWARDS-C" NUMERALS")

If your Roman numerals look odd, they probably are "Old Style," also called "backwards-c" numerals, a combination of forward and backward facing letter "c"s combined with "I" like this

. If this is what your numerals look like, consult the Text Creation Partnership help page: https://textcreationpartnership.org/docs/dox/rnums.html