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Mars and his Companion
by: Judith

While many of these 2-figure (jugate) cameos feature a generic Trojan War type of man & a nearly featureless woman behind him, I agree that this feels more like Mars/Ares. Another possibility for the female figure is Venus/Aphrodite, his lover. Her youth & beauty, as well as the posture of the head, are consistent with depictions of Venus alone.

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war and peace
by: Anonymous

The male figure is Ares (Mars) god of war.
We would therefore assume that the female is Irene (PAX) goddess of peace.

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