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Aureus - Augustus FORT RED CAES AVG S P Q R
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 19 BC |
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| Weight | 7.8 g |
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| Reverse description | A schematically rendered rectangular altar or ara, depicted in three-quarter architectural perspective with a moulded cornice and base, surmounted by two decorated acroteria or scroll-like ornaments at each upper corner. The dedicatory legend is inscribed in three horizontal lines across the face of the altar in bold, evenly spaced Roman capitals: FORT RED / CAES AVG / S P Q R, reading Fortuna Redux Caesari Augusto Senatus Populusque Romanus, commemorating the safe return of Augustus from the East in 19 BC. The entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (20 BC - 19 BC) |
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This aureus belongs to a group issued in the eastern mints — most likely Pergamum or a travelling military workshop — during Augustus's extended stay in the east between 22 and 19 BC, a trip that produced one of his most significant diplomatic coups: the recovery of the legionary standards lost by Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC and by Antony in subsequent Parthian campaigns. The standards had been held by Parthia for decades, and their return without military action was aggressively promoted as a victory equivalent to conquest.
RIC I 53B is among the rarer varieties of this propaganda series, distinguished by specific reverse type groupings within what is a complex and actively studied emission.