Quinarius - Domitian P M TR POT III IMP V COS X P P, Victory

Domitian's quinarii are scarce as a class — he issued them in only a handful of years, and the denomination had already become largely ceremonial by the Flavian period, circulating more as donative pieces than everyday coinage. The tribunician and imperatorial notations in this particular titulature place it firmly in 84 AD, a year in which Domitian celebrated a triumph over the Chatti following his Rhine campaigns, which almost certainly prompted the issue.