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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2281980, member: 56859&quot;]I haven&#039;t yet found a direct source, but here are other Fundanius denarii with auction descriptions noting the association with Marius:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=75869" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=75869" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=75869</a></p><p>&quot;The reverse shows Marius as triumphator in the quadriga. He holds sceptre and laurel branch. On one of the horses rides his son. The children of the triumphator were - according to tradition - allowed to share the triumph of their father. The Q above refers to the office as quaestor the mintmaster held while minting these coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=326" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=326" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=326</a></p><p>&quot;Refers to Marius triumph after victories over the Cimbri and Teutones. The rider on the near horse is Marius&#039;s son, at that time eight years old.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG&#039;s catalogers are less certain, with some listings saying, &quot;...Marius (?) in walking quadriga right; youth on nearest horse&quot; and others &quot; Triumphator in quadriga right, holding [scepter] and laurel branch; a youth riding the nearest horse, holding laurel branch&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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