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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 8235863, member: 96898&quot;]Nice thread! Below are some of my imperial Mars coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>1.) Mars victor (&quot;Mars the victor&quot;): </b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448817[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">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. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1448816[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Postumus, Gallic Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 263 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: P M TR P IIII COS III P P; Mars, walking r., holding spear in r. hand and trophy in l. hand. 21mm, 2.84g. Ref: Mairat 255; RIC V Postumus 57.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2.) Mars pacifer (&quot;Mars the pacifier&quot;): </b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448814[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">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.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1448818[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Probus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 281 AD, Ticinium mint. Obv: IMP C PROBVS AVG; radiate bust of Probus l., wearing imperial mantle, and holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Rev: MARTI PACIF; Mars walking l., holding olive-branch, spear and shield; in fields, I – *; in exergue, QXXI. 22mm, 3.38g. Ref: RIV V Probus 508.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>3.) Mars propugnator (&quot;Mars the defender&quot;):</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448815[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">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.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>4.) Mars conservator (&quot;Mars the keeper&quot;):</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448812[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE1 (&quot;follis&quot;), 309 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG; bust of Constantine I, laureate, cuirassed, r. Rev: MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI; Mars, nude, helmeted, standing r., leaning on reversed spear with r. hand and placing l. hand on shield; in fields, T-F; in exergue, PTR. 27mm, 5.94g. Ref: RIC VI Treveri 830.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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