Dear list, The following code numbers the figures in appendices with Roman numbers in MKIV (while in MKII there is no difference at all). On top of that it doesn't restart the counter, but simply continues. In my opinion the Roman numerals should be easy to configure, but not set by default, and it particular figures should not be numbered with 1,2,3,IV,V,VI, ... (Also, usually the pages are numbered with lowercase roman numbers in frontmatter, not in appendices.) \starttext \startfrontmatter \placefigure{first}{first} \page \placefigure{second}{second} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \placefigure{third}{third} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \placefigure{fourth}{fourth} \page \placefigure{fifth}{fifth} \stopappendices \stoptext Mojca