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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8235440, member: 75937&quot;]Magnificent coins, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER], and educational and entertaining write-up, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not just Mars&#039; month, but it&#039;s also his day!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike <i>mardi</i>, the French word for <i>Tuesday</i>, which is similar to the Latin <i>Martis diēs</i> (&quot;day of Mars), the etymology of the English word for this day of the week isn&#039;t so apparent. But <i>Tuesday</i> stems from the Old English <i>Tīwesdæg (&quot;</i>day of Tīw&quot;), and refers to a Germanic god of war and the sky, the god Tīw being equated with the Roman god Mars. Compare with Swedish <i>tisdag</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my highest-grade Mars coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-mars-denarius-jpg.732396/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 2.95 gm, 20 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 114-117</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right with spear and trophy</p><p>Refs: RIC 337; BMCRE 536-40; Cohen 270; RCV --; Woytek 520v; Strack 230; BN 819.</p><p><br /></p><p>But here&#039;s my favorite, for it depicts Venus begging her lover Mars not to go off to war.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-veneri-victrici-venus-and-mars-as-marti-jpg.1227533/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 11.96 g, 25 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 170-175.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENERI VICTRICI S C, Venus standing right, placing both hands on the arm of Mars, standing facing, head left, holding round shield in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1680; BMCRE 999-1001; Cohen 241; RCV 5305; MIR 42-7/10c.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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