Quinarius

The Quinarius nummus ( Silberquinar ) was a Roman coin.

211 BC, he was introduced as the second coin next to the denarius. The value of a Silberquinars with a score of "V" was 1/ 2 deniers and 5 aces and after the revaluation of the denarius to about 150 .. 130 BC by 10 old aces on 16 new, lighter aces therefore 8 new Aces. In fact, he was introduced as the later Goldquinar never dominated often. With the introduction of Victoriatus, which initially was 7 1/ 2 old aces, the coinage for about 100 years has been stopped.

Only with the decline of the Victoriatus coining the Silberquinars was started. Since he seamlessly took the place of the Victoriatus almost, he received colloquially his name. The Silberquinar was coined only in Rome and probably served mainly as Münzgeschenk the Emperor to the people. Under Emperor Trajan ( 115 AD) is still a silver Quinar of 1.7 g Total weight known. Due to the rampant inflation it existed from 250 only as a small coin without precious metal, which completely disappeared soon.