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Denarius - Augustus SIGNIS RECEPTIS CL V S P Q R
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 19 BC - 15 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A round votive shield (clipeus) inscribed CL V at center, flanked by a legionary aquila to the left and a military standard to the right. The legend SIGNIS RECEPTIS is disposed around the periphery, with S P Q R appearing in the four corners between the flanking military emblems. The composition commemorates the recovery of the Roman standards lost to the Parthians at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, a major diplomatic and propaganda triumph of Augustus. |
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This issue commemorates one of Augustus's most celebrated diplomatic achievements: the recovery of the legionary standards lost by Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC and by Antony in subsequent Parthian campaigns. The return was secured by negotiation in 20 BC — no Roman sword was drawn — yet Augustus's propaganda machine transformed it into a military triumph, and the coinage was central to that campaign. The standards had been held for over three decades, and their recovery carried enormous symbolic weight in a Rome still raw from the memory of Carrhae's catastrophe.