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Quinarius - Trajan PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 98-99 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The winged figure of Victoria advancing briskly to the left, depicted in flowing drapery with wings spread behind her. In her outstretched right hand she holds a laurel wreath, symbol of military triumph, while her left hand carries a long palm branch resting against her shoulder. The reverse legend is distributed in two arcs around the field, framing the deity in the characteristic style of early Trajanic silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | PONT MAX TR POT COS II (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time.) |
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The quinarius was already an anachronism by Trajan's reign — the denomination had barely circulated in Rome proper for over a century, used mainly for donatives and military payments in frontier contexts. RIC II 26 falls in Trajan's earliest emission, before the title GERMANICUS appeared in his titulature, placing production tightly within his first two years following Nerva's death in January 98.
Quinarii of the imperial period are consistently scarcer than their denarius counterparts by a wide margin, rarely turning up in large hoards.