I thought this neat little denomination was worthy of its own thread too. Out of the handful of quinarii I have, my first one acquired from Harry Sneh is probably still my favourite. Titus Caesar AR Quinarius, 1.60g Rome mint, 73 AD RIC V535 (R), BMC V92, RSC 374 Obv: T CAES IMP VESP P TR P CENS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r. Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; Victory adv. r., with wreath and palm Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Tom Cederlind. Ex Baldwin's Auction 42, 26 September 2005, lot 288 (part). Ex William C. Boyd Collection, acquired from W.S. Lincoln, February 1896. Not only is the coin rare, but it has an interesting provenance. It came with a tag from the 19th/early 20th century William C. Boyd (1840-1906) collection. As the tag indicates, he purchased the coin from W.S. Lincoln of Oxford St. in London. Roman history combined with a Victorian era numismatic souvenir, what more can you ask for? Please share your favourite quinarius!
Nice OP coin. I don't have very many quinarii, so they are all my favorites: T CLOULIS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CLOULIA AR Quinarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Jupiter right REVERSE: T CLOVLI, Victory crowning trophy on top of Gaulish captive Struck at Rome 98 BC 2.1g, 13mm Cr332/1, Syd 586, Cloulia 2 C. EGNATULEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS EGNATULEIUS AR QuinariusOBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo; behind, C. EGATVLEI C. F. Q. REVERSE: Victory l., inscribing shield attached to trophy; beside trophy, carnyx; between Victory and trophy, Q; in ex Struck at Rome, 97 BC 1.6g, 18mm Crawford 333/1, Egnatueleia 1, Syd 588 M. PORCIUS CATO; GENS PORCIA AR Quinarius OBVERSE: M • CATO • PRO • PR, wreathed head of Liber right REVERSE: Victory seated right, holding palm branch over her left shoulder and patera in her right hand, VICTRIX in ex Utica, Africa 47-46 BC 1.4 g, 13 mm Cr462/2, Porcia 11 AUGUSTUS AR Quinarius OBVERSE: IMP VII CAESAR - Bare head right REVERSE: ASIA RECEPTA - Victory standing left on cippus, holding wreath and palm, snake on either side Uncertain Italian Mint 29-27 BC 1.7g, 13mm RIC 276, S 1568
Gorgeous Quinarii everyone! One of my favorite denominations! If you will excuse me, I will share my Quinarii by "type": First Post-Denarius Issue: RR Anon Quinarius 211-210 BCE Aplulian Mint Craw 102/2b Roman Republic - Social War: RR Q Titius AR Quinarius 90 BCE PEGASOS Sear240 Imperatorial: RImp Marc Antony 43 BCE AR Quinarius 13mm 1.67g Lugdunum Winged bust Victory-probly Fulvia Lion DVNI LVGV Craw 489-5 Syd 1160 Imperial SILVER: RI Vespasian 69-79 CE AR Quinarius Victory seated wreath palm RIC 802 Rare Imperial Billon: RI Probus 276-282 CE BI Quinarius 2.80g Cohen 768 Imperial Bronze: RI Constantius I Chlorus 293-306 CE DIVO AE Quinarius Thesalonika 317-318 Seated RIC VII 25 R5 RARE Trading with the Romans: Arabia Felix Himyarite AR Quinarius Head torque Head South Arabian script Ref Munro-Hay 3-25 HATING the Romans: Celtic Britain Inceni Boudicca 61 CE 1.03g Celt Hd r Celtic horse galloping Scarce (About a Quinarius size)
I really like the portrait on that Titus. Nice coin David. I just posted this recently, but since you asked... here is my favourite quinarius. Marc Antony
Very nice David, and with provenance too. Great coins all. Cn. Lentulus Clodianus AR quinarius Laureate head of Jupiter right. Victory standing right, crowning trophy.
