Quincunx (Roman coin)

The quincunx was a bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic.

It was not part of the standard coinage of the Roman monetary system.

The quincunx was produced only during the Second Punic War (218 to 204 BC), by mints at Luceria (mod.

After the defeat of Cannae during the Second Punic War, a coin with the same value was minted in Capua.

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.