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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4909285, member: 75937&quot;]Lovely sestertius, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>These two issues of Trebonianus Gallus of Antioch depict Mars in the complimentary roles of defender and bringer of peace. As defender (<i>propugnator</i>), he is in full battle gear, carrying a spear and shield, his <i>paludamentum</i> trailing behind him, ready to take on the enemy. As bearer of peace (<i>Pacifer</i>), he remains in full battle gear, but offers a branch of peace while tilting his spear away from the enemy.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-martem-propvgnatorem-antioch-antoninianus-jpg.1002420/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.58 g, 20.7 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Antioch, AD 251.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars advancing right, carrying transverse spear and shield.</p><p>Refs: RIC 84; RSC 70; RCV 9637; Hunter 59.</p><p>Notes: The reverse inscription is unusually in the accusative case, and probably denotes the &quot;motion toward&quot; aspect of the case: &quot;toward Mars the defender.&quot; Virtually all coins of this reverse have no officina marks but there are a few rare coins with officina ../.. (second officina).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-marti-pacifero-antioch-antoninianus-jpg.1002426/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.96 g, 20.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Antioch, AD 253.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MARTI PACIFERO, Mars advancing left, holding olive branch and spear.</p><p>Refs: RIC 85; RSC 72; RCV --; Cunetio 412; Eauze 1038.</p><p>Notes: The reverse inscription is here in the dative case, likely a dative of advantage: &quot;for Mars the bearer of peace.&quot; Only 4 examples in the Cunetio hoard; 1 example in the Eauze hoard; however, multiple examples in the Dorchester hoard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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