Quincunx (Roman coin)
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)| A quincunx of Larinum | |
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| Bearded head of Mars, wearing Corinthian helmet | [L]ADINOD, warrior on horseback galloping left; five pellets in exergue. |
| Circa 210–175 BC. Æ 22mm – 7.95 g. | |
The quincunx was a
, a coin with the same value was minted in Capua.The word quincunx comes from Latin quinque meaning "five" and uncia meaning "one-twelfth", since the coin was valued at five-twelfths of a bronze as (also called a libra).
Its value was sometimes represented by a pattern of five dots arranged at the corners and the center of a square, like the pips of a die. So, this pattern also came to be called quincunx.
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