★ Mars, The Bringer of Peace ★

ROMAN EMPIRE. Trebonianus Gallus.
Silver Antoninianus, AD 251-253. Rome.
Obv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: MARTI PACIFERO, Mars running left, holding branch and spear.

About Extremely Fine.

From the Euclidean Collection; ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 80 (4/2/2021), Lot 1535.

The reverse of this coin, honouring 'Mars the Bringer of Peace', attempts to put a positive spin on the peace recently brokered with the Goths who had just killed the previous Emperors - Trajan Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus - in the Battle of Abritus. It was not a peace won by actions relating to Mars, however, but a rather humiliating capitulation which resulted in the Goths leaving Roman territory in exchange for an annual subsidy and loaded with the spoils and captives they had captured on their raid.

Reference: RIC IV-40; RSC-71.
Rarity: Very Rare; only one example recorded on OCRE.
Die Axis: 7.
Diameter: 21 mm.
Weight: 4.03 g.