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Sampi (case,, tiny;; epigraphic archaic form (jónica): ) is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet. This lyrics were used as alphabetic letters in some of the iconic dialects of ancient Greek. Its phenomatic value was [ts] or [ss]. It remained in use as numeral in the Greek numeration. The name "sampi" seems to proceed from [o]sàn pî: "as pi", since its Byzantine form ()) was similar to that of a pi italics (π)

History

Epigraphic variants

Ionic variant (standard)

Variant panfilia

In archaic epigraphic sources the following variants appear:

Use

Has a value of 900 (ϡʹ) in the Greek numeral system.

Unicode

Due to the multitude of forms it can take, it appears encoded in numerous variants:

Character	Shape	Code	Name	Version	Year
		U+0372	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ARCHAIC SAMPI	5.1	2008
		U+0373	GREEK SMALL LETTER ARCHAIC SAMPI	5.1	2008
		U+03E0	GREEK LETTER SAMPI	1.1	1993
		U+03E1	GREEK SMALL LETTER SAMPI	3.0	1999
	.	U+03F7	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SHO	4.0	2003
	!	U+03F8	GREEK SMALL LETTER SHO	4.0	2003
	M	U+03FA	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SAN	4.0	2003
		U+03FB	GREEK SMALL LETTER SAN	4.0	2003
		U+2CC0	COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SAMPI	4.1	2005
		U+2CC1	COPTIC SMALL LETTER SAMPI	4.1	2005
		U+1034A	GOTHIC LETTER NINE HUNDRED	3.1	2001