Aureus - Augustus CIVIB ET SIGN MILIT A PART RECVPER

The CIVIB ET SIGN MILIT A PART RECVPER legend commemorates one of Augustus's most celebrated diplomatic achievements: the recovery of the Roman standards lost by Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC and by Antony in subsequent Parthian campaigns. The return was negotiated in 20 BC without a single battle, yet Augustus orchestrated a propaganda campaign presenting it as a military triumph. Velleius Paterculus, writing shortly after, noted that Romans genuinely received it as such.

The RIC I#135 var. designation signals a die or legend variant not precisely matched to the primary type — worth cross-referencing against the British Museum's Augustus aureus holdings, where several closely related obverse dies have been documented.