It's Mars' day -- let's see him!!

Excellent thread with wonderful coins! Well done RC
Here are some of my fav Martians:

 

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What's that green one up top? Looks to me like Victory doing something on the reverse? It piqued my interest

 

Trajan Denarius. 108 AD. RIC 114
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP, laureate head right /
COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Mars walking left carrying Victory and trophy.


Trajan Denarius. RIC 340
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM DAC PARTHICO, laureate draped bust right /
PM TRP COS VI PP SPQR, Mars walking right, holding transverse spear and trophy.


Trajan Denarius. RIC 331
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC, laureate draped bust right /
PARTHICO PM TRP COS VI PP SPQR, Mars walking right with trophy and spear.


Trajan Denarius. 114-117 , RIC 339
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC Laureate head right, heroic bust wearing aegis on far shoulder.
P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak round shoulders, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left

 

@singig, just curious if you don't mind, how can one know that the Mars walking left is from 108 AD?

 

COS V =103-111 , it should be in this large interval for sure .
I took the description from wildwinds , RIC 114 and some others types have this specific year 108 for a reason that I ignore.

 

Thank you very much @singig will use also 118.
I am always very happy when a mint date is a specific year and not an interval of course, many times this is not possible

 

Wow Trajan is looking like a snack on that last coin. Antinous may have some competition for best chest in Roman history

 

Anonymous Ar Didrachm Rome 241-235 BC Obv. Helmeted head of a beardless Mars right. Rv. Horse head right. Crawford 25/1 6.49 grms 19 mm This coin still retains its find patina. If the dating is correct this coin was minted just at the end of the first titanic struggle with Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean. Perhaps the image of the young Mars is a hint at the confidence of the new regional power that had just emerged.

 

This is an extremely attractive coin, especially with the dark patina. What a wonderful example!

My own Mars coins are all much more pedestrian:


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.


Severus Alexander, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 224 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG; bust of Severus Alexander, laureate and draped, r. Rev: P M TR P III COS P P; Mars standing l., helmeted and in military attire, holding spear and branch. 18mm, 3.21g. Ref: RIC RIC IV Severus Alexander 37.


Gordian III, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 244 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, draped, cuirassed and laureate, r. Rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars, helmeted, in military attire, hastening r., holding transverse spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand; in fields flanking, SC. 30mm, 23.58g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 333.

 

The elusive 'double-antoninianus' of Tacitus, with very rich silver surface:

 

Mars was known to the Romans for one other thing besides war. This AE as of Antoninus Pius shows Mars 'descending upon' Rhea Silvia approximately nine months before the birth of Romulus and Remus.
The type also exists in gold by Antoninus Pius and Gallienus who also is said to have a denarius or antoninianus of the type (which I have never seen in person but a couple appear online). This as is the only common one.