Query: Roman numeral dating

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From: Bruce Tober <books@STAR-DOT-STAR.NET>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:57:24 +0000
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I have a book in front of me on the title page of which is the date "cI*,I*,ccc,LXXIV" (asterisks represent printed backward "c"). What's it translate as? 1874?

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