Date V.C.

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SP88K:
What does the writer mean by the year indication V.C.?
and how would this convert to BC and AD ?

Casper

curtislclay:
It's the year "From the foundation of the City", allegedly in 752 BC.

Jochen:
I agree with Curtis. It could be the abbreviation of [AB] VRBE CONDITA.

Best regards

SP88K:
Here is a quote from The Dictionary of Roman coins in which the writer uses the abbreviation:
(as Eckhel has shown on coins of Tiberius, struck in the year v.c. 775), is the symbol of the senate and the people of Rome, and it is probable that on this account the usual sign S. C. was not placed on those pieces. and a little bit further he mentions it again: struck under Vespasian in the year v.c. 827, as well as on coins of Domitian (Caesar) in 826. So indeed it must be from the foundation of the city. 775 - 752 would then make it 23 AD. Thank you very much, I'll convert them into AD terms.

Casper

curtislclay:
V.C. 775 is 22 AD, 826 = 73 AD, 827 = 74 AD, as I have just coped from Eckhel himself.
Your calculation of V.C. 775 as 23 AD is one year off, probably because there was no year 0.

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