Marcia AR denarius ca.56 B.C. Moneyer L. Marcius Philippus. 3.88 g, 18 mm

Obv: ANCVS, diademed head of Ancus Marcius right, lituus behind.
Rev.: PHILIPPVS A-Q-V-A-MAR, equestrian statue right
on aquaduct with five arches.

Cr. 425/1; Sear 382; Albert 1346
This moneyer was consul in 38 BC. His ancestor, the 
praetor Q. Marcius Rex, renovated the "Aqua Marcia" 
in 144 BC., which is said to have been built by order
of the king Ancus Marcius.

Contributed by Stefan Weber, ex-Numismatik Lanz.
Sept. 2011