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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3631199, member: 99456&quot;]Thanks [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for sharing the link and the enviously good looking L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi quinarius.&nbsp; A few favorite quinarii - three Republican, one Imperial:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]973924[/ATTACH] <b>Roman Republic, Anonymous AR Quinarius</b>, 211 BC</p><p><b>Mint: </b>Rome</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted head of Roma right; V behind.</p><p><b>Rev: </b>The Dioscuri on horseback to right, ROMA in linear frame in exergue.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 44/6; Sydenham 141; RSC 3.</p><p><b>Size:</b> 15.6mm, 2.21g (1/2 denarius, weight standard based on denarius weight of 4.5g)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/anonymous-quinarius-68-2b-jpg.917499/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, </b>Anonymous AR Quinarius 211-208 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted head of Roma right, V (mark of value) behind</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Dioscuri on horseback riding right</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 68/2b</p><p>[ATTACH=full]973922[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>C. Fundanius</b>, 101 BC, AR Quinarius, Rome mint, 14mm, 1.88g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind control mark, border of dots</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Victory standing right holding palm branch in left hand, and with right crowning trophy, beside which stands <i>carnyx</i>; before which kneels a Gallic captive with hands tied behind back; on right C FUNDA upwards, in exergue Q, border of dots.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 326/2; Fundania 2.</p><p><b>Crawford writes:</b> &quot;The Gallic <i>carnyx</i>...makes the reverse type as a whole a clear reference to Marius&#039; victories over the Cimbri and Teutones&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]973923[/ATTACH] <b>Augustus</b>, 27 B.C.-A.D. 14 AR quinarius (14 mm, 1.65 g). </p><p>Minted in Emerita Augusta, (modern Merida, Spain) circa 25-23 BC P. Carisius, legate</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AVGVST, bare head of Augustus right </p><p><b>Rev:</b> P CARISI LEG, Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath</p><p><b>Sear writes:</b> P Carisi founded the Colony in 25 BC for the veterans of legion V Alauda, and X Gemina, who had recently participated in Augustus&#039; campaigns against north-western Spain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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