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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2686595, member: 44316&quot;]The Roman quinarius was valued at half a denarius. The first issues accompanied the introduction of the denarius c. 212 BC and were discontinued c. 190 BC. After a gap of ninety years without production, the denomination was revived in 101 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]601789[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is the first of the revived issues. </p><p>Moneyer C. Fundanius, 101 BC.</p><p>16-15 mm.</p><p>See his name up the right of the reverse: C.FVNDA</p><p>Laureate head of Jupiter right, behind, control mark</p><p>N with a dot below.</p><p>Victory right crowning a trophy with a kneeling naked captive,</p><p>Gallic carnyx behind</p><p>Q (for quinarius) below.</p><p>Crawford 326/1. Sear 205. King 31.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have written a website on the denomination:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quinarius/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quinarius/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quinarius/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is part of a larger educational site:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>which has been moved from the ancients.info site I used to use. If you have bookmarked any of my pages, please update your bookmarks to point to the new site. Any improvements will be made to the new site only. </p><p><br /></p><p>I solicit suggestions for improvement of my &quot;quinarius&quot; page. I&#039;m sure there must be typos or things I could have explained better. </p><p><br /></p><p>Post your quinarii![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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