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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2026400, member: 44132&quot;]Even though I already own a fairly good example of this coin, the price was right, so now I own two.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]368006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368007[/ATTACH]</p><p>TRAJAN AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right with aegis</p><p>REVERSE: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing front with spear &amp; shield</p><p>Struck at Rome, 106-111 AD 3.2g, 18mm</p><p>RIC 162, C 378</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]368010[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mars was the Roman god of war, second only to Jupiter in the Roman pantheon. Although most myths involving the god were borrowed from the Greek god of war Ares, Mars had features uniquely Roman. Considered more level-headed than Ares, Mars was also seen as a more virtuous figure by the Romans. As a protector of Rome and the Roman way of life and as defender of city borders and frontiers, festivals connected to warfare were held in his honor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mars was considered the father of Romulus and Remus. According to the story, their mother, the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, was raped by Mars while she slept.&nbsp; In her dreams she had a vision where she dropped a hairpin to the ground from which sprang twin trees. Over time one of the trees grew so large that it covered the entire world with its shade, an obvious reference to the ultimate success of Romulus and the growth of the Roman Empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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