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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4997866, member: 85693&quot;]Here&#039;s a future consul honoring a kingly ancestor and furthermore was step-brother to future emperor Augustus.&nbsp; Three forms of government (Kingdom, Republic, Imperium) in one coin - plus an aqueduct, a lituus, a horse and some banker&#039;s marks:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Marcius_Philippus_(consul_38_BC)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Marcius_Philippus_(consul_38_BC)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Marcius_Philippus_(consul_38_BC)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1199912[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius </b></p><p><b>L. Marcius Philippus</b></p><p><b>(56 B.C.)&nbsp; </b></p><p>Diademed head of Ancus Marcius right, lituus left; below, ANCVS / Equestrian statue right on arcade of five arches, inscription within, AQVA MR; on l., PHILIPPVS</p><p>Crawford 425/1; RRC 919.</p><p>(3.77 grams / 16 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p>This moneyer was consul in 38 BC. His ancestor, praetor Q. Marcius Rex, renovated the &quot;Aqua Marcia&quot; in 144 BC., said to have been built by order of the king Ancus Marcius</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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