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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 | 7.9 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This aureus was struck in the immediate aftermath of Augustus's celebrated diplomatic recovery of the Roman standards lost to Parthia at Carrhae in 53 BC — a humiliation that had festered for three decades under Julius Caesar, Antony, and Augustus himself. The return was achieved through negotiation, not arms, but Augustus's propaganda machine recast it as a military triumph. The FORT RED legend — *Fortuna Redux*, the goddess of safe return — was part of that campaign, and the Senate authorized a formal altar in her honor.
RIC I 53A places this among a tightly clustered group of issues tied to the Parthian settlement, struck likely at an eastern or travelling mint.