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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3738227, member: 96898"]Those are fine T-Bones, especially the second coin! I love accusative legends – thanks for showing. Here is an earlier Mars from Antioch, previously attributed to Laodicea ad mare:[ATTACH=full]1002586[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 198–202 AD, Antiochia mint (previously attributed to Laodicea ad mare). Obv: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: MARTI [VICTO]RI; Mars, helmeted, in military attire, standing r., resting r. hand on shield and holding reversed spear in l. hand. 19mm, 3.01g. Ref: RIC IV.1 Septimius Severus 508. This one has a gigantonormous flan crack but I like the portrait:[ATTACH=full]1002591[/ATTACH] Severus Alexander, Roman Empire, denarius, 226 AD, Rome mint. Obv:     IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, bust of Severus Alexander, draped and laureate, r. Rev: P M TR P V COS II P P, Mars walking r., carrying spear and trophy. 19mm, 2.67g. Ref: RIC IV, 2 Severus Alexander 53.[/QUOTE]