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A quinarius
The quinarius was a small Roman coin silver coin valued at half a denarius.
Allectus Æ quinarius ...
Hadrian AV Quinarius. Struck 126 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Spes walking left, holding flower in right hand & raising hem of skirt with left. Cohen 389.
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Quinarius
A small ancient Roman silver coin, worth half a denarius; the name means "fiver". A gold coin the same size as a silver quinarius, worth half an aureus, is called a "gold quinarius".
Quinarius
A silver coin originally of 5 asses or 1/2 of a denarius.
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Quinarius - Plural quinarii. A denomination of ancient Roman coinage, issued in silver and gold at various times and undergoing many changes of value.
{From Latin quinarius consisting of five.}
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Quinarius (argenteus), pl. quinarii (argentei)
Silver (or, later, billon) Roman coin
Quinarius (aureus), pl. quinarii (aurei) ...
AV Quinarius =12-1/2 Denarii (Gold, 15mm)
AR Denarius =16 Asses (Silver, 19mm)
AR Quinarius = 8 Asses (Silver, 15mm) ...
The quinarius was struck for a few years, along with the silver sestertius, following the introduction of the denarius in 211 BC. At this time the quinarius and was valued at 5 asses.
PAX AVGG. Quinarius (£1 5s. Trattle).
TR. P. VII. COS. IIII> The emperor and two rivers. (Mt. 150 fr. £1 10s. Trattle).
PROVIDENTIA AVGG. (72 fr.) ...
Allectus, AE "Quinarius", Camulodunum mint, c.296 AD
The final coin for this page probably does not belong here but serves to represent another interesting side light of Roman history.
98 BC (T. Cloelius) Quinarius
Obverse:
Laureate head of Jupiter right, M and pellet in left field ...
The first issue of denarii was accompanied by two fractional denominations - its half, the quinarius, and its quarter, the sestertius.
AR Quinarius (1.18 gm).
Obv: Male head right within torc
Rev: Greek inscription. Mounted horseman holding whip, advancing right, tamgah in front.
SNG ANS 1575.
The Himyarite kingdom became rich from the export of frankincense and myrrh.
Augustus (as Octavian), 27BC-AD14, AR Quinarius (1.7g). Octavian head rt., IMP CAESAR/ASIA RECEPTA, Victory atop Cista Mystica, serpents beside, Rome mint, ca 29-28 BC, Sear 1568.
This puzzling coin is the right diameter and weight for a quinarius.
In the absence of any known examples of a special quinarius issue
at the end of Commodus' reign, it is offered as an undersized denarius. ...
The denarius and its half, the quinarius, were not the only denominations to be struck during the Republican period; gold coins as well as copper were also struck in varying quantities.
GF100 DOMITIAN. 81-96. AR Quinarius. Laureate bust right/Victory standing right and holding wreath and plam branch. RIC-52, SR-2758v. Nice VF. Scarce $300
262 Æ As. Bust right//Virtus standing with spear. SR-2817v. rough F-VF $60 ...
(iv) From circ. B.C. 100 to Augustus. About B.C. 104 the Victoriatus was abolished at Rome, being assimilated to the Quinarius. From this time forwards the silver coins of Apollonia were issued on the standard of the Roman Denarius.
Among my best buys was a little Roman quinarius that was issued by Cato the Younger. The dealer "unloaded" it because it was "damaged" by a banker's mark.
 See also: Coin, Denarius, Struck, Silver, Reverse
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