Pentonkion

A pentonkion was an ancient Greek coin worth five onkiae.^[1] Pentonkion is also the name for the characteristic symbol, ⁙, printed on such coins.^[2][3] This symbol was also used in Ancient Greek as punctuation, usually a word divider.^[2]

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][4]}