Augustus AR Denarius – SIGNIS / RECEPTIS Spanish Mint (NGC Graded VF)

Roman Imperial Silver Denarius of Augustus

Obv: CAESAR-AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right; dotted border.

Rev: SIGNIS / RECEPTIS, round shield inscribed CL•V between aquila (on left) and signum (on right); S-P / Q-R around, linear border.

19 BC. · Spanish Mint · RIC I 86a

3.56g · 17mm

NGC VF · Strike 4/5 · Surface 2/5 · Scratches, Bankers Mark

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.