Augustus AR Denarius – SIGNIS RECEPTIS S-P-Q-R

Roman Imperial Silver Denarius of Augustus

Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right.

Rev: SIGNIS RECEPTIS S-P-Q-R, circular shield with standard on left, aquila on right.

19 – 18 BC. · Spanish Mint · RIC 87a

3.4g · 18mm

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.