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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4647353, member: 82616&quot;]During the Flavian era Minerva is best known for her almost monolithic domination of Domitian&#039;s denarii, however, she also shows up quite frequently on the bronze. For instance, on my latest purchase Minerva gets top billing on a quadrans.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148070[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>Æ Quadrans, 2.47g</p><p>Rome Mint, 84-85 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM; Minerva bust, helmeted, r., draped</p><p>Rev: S C in laurel wreath</p><p>RIC 236 (R). BMC 484. BNC 520.</p><p>Acquired from London Ancient Coins, July 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>An undated issue of small bronzes were struck early in Domitian&#039;s reign. RIC places them within the 84-85 time period based on Domitian titled as &#039;Germanicus&#039; (which could only be post 83) and before 85 (after which all these small issues were dated). RIC also speculates many of these quadrantes were struck &#039;al marco&#039;, i.e. by batch weight, because of the variable weights encountered on many specimens. Minerva features prominently on the obverse of this quadrans with a draped bust, which is a fairly uncommon variant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your Minervas - extra points for a non-Domitianic one![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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