Trajan, Rome mint, 98-101 AD.,
Semis (ø 18-19 mm / 2,69 g), brass ("orichalcum"), axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: IMP CAES TRAIAN - AVG GERM , helmeted and draped bust of Minerva facing right.
Rev.: S - C , Diana walking right, holding bow and drawing arrow from her quiver.
RIC II, p. 293, no. 696 (rated scarce) ; Woytek (MIR 14) no. 605 (9 pieces cited) ; Paris BNC IV 934 ; www.acsearch.info - ; http://wildwinds.com - .
Curtis Clay 9/07/2012 (on http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=81371.0 ) :
"Woytek cites nine specimens and illustrates two, BM and Paris, on pl. 122: they seem to be from the same dies as each other ... .
On p. 161 he comments that all Minerva small bronzes of Trajan are rare, and dates them and the corresponding Hercules pieces tentatively to c. 98-101. He denies an intended assimilation between the emperor and Hercules and Minerva, but I wonder whether he is right on this point."
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