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Denarius - Augustus FORTVN REDVC CAESARI 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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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Reverse lettering | FORTVN REDVC CAESARI AVGVS S P Q R (Translation: Fortuna Redux Caesari Augusto Senatus Populusque Romanus. Fortune that brings back the Emperor in safety, dedicated by the Senate and Roman People.) |
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| Mint | Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia or Emerita) |
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This issue commemorates Augustus's diplomatic recovery of the legionary standards lost by Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC and by Antony in subsequent Parthian campaigns — a humiliation Rome had nursed for decades. The return was negotiated, not won in battle, but Augustus was careful to present it as a military triumph, and the Senate's role in the SPQR dedication on this coin reflects the choreographed consensus he cultivated throughout his reign.
The FORTVNA REDUX types cluster tightly around 19 BC, when Augustus returned to Rome from the East. The Senate voted to establish an altar to Fortuna Redux in his honor — the first such dedication to a living Roman.