Post your mars iff you want, these are the mine. I hope guys you liked them some are not so great 1 /Vespasian 2/ domitian 3/vespasian 4/titus
Here are a couple of my Mars examples (both Roman Republic) ... Lucius Axius L.f. Naso 70 BC Mars & Diana w. Stag-biga and dogs D. Junius Brutus Albinus 48 BC Mars & Two Gallic Trumpets
Gotta love those Mars. TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above Struck at Rome 137 BC 3.7g, 18mm Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1 TRAJAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right with aegis REVERSE: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing front with spear & shield Struck at Rome, 106-111 AD 3.2g, 18mm RIC 162, C 378 TRAJAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right with aegis REVERSE: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing front with spear & shield Struck at Rome, 106-111 AD 3.2g, 18mm RIC 162, C 378 LUCIUS VERUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: L VERVS AVG ARMENICACVS, laureate head right REVERSE: TR P V IMP II COS II, Mars standing right, holding spear & leaning on shield Struck at Rome, 163-4 AD 3.0g, 16mm RIC 529 (Marcus Aurelius), C 263
CARACALLA AR Denarius OBVERSE: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG - Laureate head right REVERSE: PONTIF TR P X COS II - Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy Struck at Rome, 207 AD 3.9g, 18mm RIC 88, C 431 CARACALLA AR Denarius OBVERSE: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right REVERSE: PONTIF TRP VIIII COS II, Mars in military dress standing left leaning on shield holding reversed spear Struck at Rome, 206 AD 3.43g , 19mm RIC 83 SEVERUS ALEXANDER AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head right REVERSE: P M TR P VII COS II P P, Mars standing right, holding shield and spear Struck at Rome, 228 AD 2.8g; 19 mm RIC 83 QUINTILLUS AE Follis OBVERSE: IMP CM AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG , radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: MARTI PACIL, Mars walking left, holding olive branch, reversed spear and shield. X in left field Struck at Rome, 270 AD 2.8g, 19mm RIC V-1 Rome 25 corr
And even more: NUMERIAN Antoninianus OBVERSE: M AVR NVMERIANVS NOB C, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right REVERSE: MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing right with spear & trophy, C to right Struck at Lugdunum, 284 AD 3.5g, 22.5mm RIC 353c CRISPUS Follis OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind REVERSE: PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS, Mars, naked except for helmet and boots, chlamys flying out behind, advancing right holding transverse spear and shield. R-S across fields, QARL in ex. Struck at Arles , 317AD 2.27g, 18mm. RIC VII 129
Florian Bronze Ant IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG - Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right VIRTVS AVGVSTI - Mars advancing right holding shield & spear treading down captive, IIII in ex. Mint: Lyons (276 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.37g / 21mm / -
L. Julius Caesar denarius; Mars / Venus Genetrix driving a biga of cupids Ti. Veturius denarius; Mars / soldiers swearing an other over a pig (the idea of which makes me laugh . I, Blovius Pompous, do solemnly swear upon this pig...
This coin suffers from a bit of a weak strike on the reverse: VITELLIUS 69 A.D. AE Sestertius (29.78 g.) Rome Apr. - Dec. 69 A.D. RIC 115 A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. MARS VICTOR S – C Mars, helmeted and in military dress, striding l., holding Victory in r. hand, parazonium at side and trophy over l. shoulder. This one is pretty much anatomically correct: DOMITIAN 69 - 81 AD. AE Sestertius (26.88 g.) Thrace 80-81 AD RIC 509 Titus CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VII, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars walking right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder
Nice collection, Ro! Here's Mars on one of my favorite coins, sharing the stage with Rhea Silvia. ANTONINUS PIUS AE As 11.34g, 27.8mm Rome mint, 140 AD RIC 694a O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right. R: TR POT COS III SC, Mars right, holding spear and shield, descending through the air toward sleeping Rhea Silvia.
