TYPE Roman Republic, L. Marcius Philippus (moneyer), 56 BC, silver denarius DESCRIPTION . Obv: Diad. head of Ancus Marcius to r., symbol (lituus) and legend ANCVS behind Rev: Equestrian statue of Q. Marcius Rex right on an arcade of five arches with legend [A]QVA MAR(ligatured) inside, flower below, PHILIPPYS above REFERENCE: SR 301, Mar 28, Syd 919 GRADING: VF, toned, slight surface roughness, rev. bit o/c ORDER INFO: R2430, $92 Interesting architectural type, issued by a moneyer related to an eponymous consul of the same year. The coin refers to the good deeds of another ancestor of theirs, Ancus Marcius (portrayed on obverse), with the reverse specifically remembering the public works of fixing the water supply ("Aqua Marcia") by building an aqueduct. The project was driven by Q. Marcius Rex, who was commissioned by the Senate in 144 BC to repair aging water supplies, and in honor od this public service an equestrian statue of his was erected on the aqueduct, as evidenced in the reverse.