Augustus AR Denarius – CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN•RECE (Return of the Parthian Standards)

Roman Imperial Silver Denarius of Augustus

Obv: BC. TVRPILIANVS III•VIR• Head of Liber to right, wreathed with ivy.

Rev: CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN•RECE Parthian kneeling to right, presenting signum.

19 BC. · Rome Mint · RIC 287, BMC 10. CBN 10. Cohen 485

3.9g · 19mm

This type celebrates the return of the the parthian standards lost by Saxa, Crassus and Antony to the Parthians.

Augustus “Res Gestae“: The Parthians I compelled to restore to me the spoils and standards of three Roman armies,​ and to seek as suppliants the friendship of the Roman people.