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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2687593, member: 74282&quot;]I don&#039;t think there&#039;s enough information yet to say exactly when the quinarii end and the peaked denarii begin but I think probably somewhere in the 205-190 BC area is where the peaked denarii begin with the quinarii ending sometime before that. Hersh published a hoard found in Sicily that contained many split visor issues in denarius, quinarius and sestertius denominations but no peaked visor issues and some of the coins show upwards of a decade of circulation wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford places many peaked denarii issues alongside the split visor denarii starting circa 211 BC, but in my opinion, the lack of peaked quinarii coupled with the evidence of early hoards of split denarii lacking any peaked denarii suggest this cannot be the case in light of how big we know some of the early issues of peaked denarii were in terms of number of dies used.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had to really take a stab at rough dates that I think are probable I&#039;d suggest circa 200 BC for the end of the quinarius and maybe 195 BC for the start of the peaked denarii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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