French CHARACTERS, used in the chamber of accounts, and by persons concerned in the management of the revenue, is, properly speaking, nothing else than the Roman numerals, in letters that are not majuscule: thus, instead of expressing fifty-six by LVI, they denote it by smaller characters lvj.
S. V. Siste viator, i. e. Stop traveller.
M. S. Memoriae sacrum, i. e. Sacred to the memory.
D. M. Diis manibus.
I H S. Jesus.
X. P. a character found in the catacombs, about the meaning of which authors are not agreed.