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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 6708391, member: 89970&quot;]I recently learned something enlightening that I did not know before from reading Cathy King&#039;s book on Roman Quinarii.&nbsp;&nbsp; The early quinarius and victoriatus had the same amount of pure silver given the slightly less fine but heavier victoriatus and the lighter fine silver quinarius.&nbsp; So they were intrinsically equal in value.&nbsp; Here are some examples from my collection</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270526[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MT Monogram, Quinarius, Crawford 103/2a</b></p><p>Era: c. 211-210 BC</p><p>Metal: AR</p><p>Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma r. with splayed visor; “V” behind; Border of dots</p><p>Reverse: Dioscuri r.; Below, MT monogram; Between two exergual lines, “ROMA”.</p><p>Mint: Apulia</p><p>Weight: 2.24 gm.</p><p>Reference: Crawford 103/2a</p><p>Provenance: Purchased from Barry Murphy, December, 2013</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270536[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Victoriatus of Luceria with scraggly hair</b></p><p>Denomination: Victoriatus</p><p>Metal: AR</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter. Bead and reel border.</p><p>Reverse: Victory holding Wreath over military trophy. ROMA in Exergue. Archaic &quot;L&quot; in field between Victory and trophy</p><p>Weight: 3.01 gm</p><p>Reference: Crawford 98/1a</p><p>Provenance: CNG, private purchase from Victor England, Aug 11, 2016[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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