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Obverse: laureate, diademed and draped bust of Roma right RO(MA) (XVI)
Reverse: equestrian statue on aquaduct right, holding vertical spear, standing on 3 archs of aquaduct (Aqua Marcia) (MN)·AEMILIO· L-E-P
Diameter:
18.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.8 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.8 g
At the beginning of construction of Aqua Marcia was moneyer's ancestor censor M. Aemilius Lepidus. Aqueduct was repaired and extended by Quintus Marcius Rex 144-140 BC after whom got its name.
Crawford 291/1, SRCV I 168, Sydenham 554, RSC I Aemilia 7, BMC Italy 590