Pentonkion

A pentonkion was an ancient Greek coin worth five onkiae. Pentonkion is also the name for the characteristic symbol, ⁙, printed on such coins. This symbol was also used in Ancient Greek as punctuation, usually a word divider.

The situation is similar to the Roman coin quincunx, whose five indicatory dots, sometimes arranged into the ⁙ pattern, also led to that pattern being known as a quincunx.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Beautiful coins | moneymuseum.com". www.moneymuseum.com. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
1 2 "Punctuation". www.opoudjis.net. Retrieved 10 May 2026. usually as word dividers [...] a quintuple dot (Five Dot Punctuation), which also doubled as the pentonkion (a symbol for five ounces, which was also a 5 ounce silver coin).
1 2 "General Punctuation" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2026. 2059 ⁙ FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION
= Greek pentonkion
= quincunx
→ 2684 ⚄ die face-5
↑ For the history of the coin, see Quincunx (Roman coin). For the history of the symbol, see Quincunx. For the fact of ⁙ also being called "quincunx", see

This ancient Greece–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

This coin-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[1] "Beautiful coins | moneymuseum.com". www.moneymuseum.com. Retrieved 10 May 2026.

[o-2] 1 2 "Punctuation". www.opoudjis.net. Retrieved 10 May 2026. usually as word dividers [...] a quintuple dot (Five Dot Punctuation), which also doubled as the pentonkion (a symbol for five ounces, which was also a 5 ounce silver coin).

[u-3] 1 2 "General Punctuation" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2026. 2059 ⁙ FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION
= Greek pentonkion
= quincunx
→ 2684 ⚄ die face-5

[4] For the history of the coin, see Quincunx (Roman coin). For the history of the symbol, see Quincunx. For the fact of ⁙ also being called "quincunx", see