Aureus - Augustus S P Q R

The SPQR aurei of Augustus date to a politically charged moment: 19–18 BC, when the Senate granted Augustus a fresh round of powers following his return from settling affairs in the East, including the recovery of the standards lost by Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC. The emissions bearing this legend were part of a deliberate program to frame his authority as constitutionally derived — the Senate and People, not a dynasty, as the source of his power.

RIC I 114 is attributed to an uncertain mint, possibly in Spain, active during the Augustan reorganization of western provincial coinage in the late 19s BC.