Mars, Roman god of war, naked warrior with helmet, spear and flame. Identified with the Etruscan god Laran or Maris. From an engraved common garnet gem. Mars Incis. in Gemma Vulgo Granata. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti’s Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

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