AUGUSTUS SILVER DENARIUS – A MULTICOLORED MARVEL OF ISSUE CELEBRATING RETURN OF CRASSUS’ STANDARDS FROM THE PARTHIANS – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 17769)

$2,800.00

17769. ROMAN EMPIRE. AUGUSTUS, 27 BC–14 AD.
Silver Denarius, 3.78 g, 19 mm. Issue of a Spanish mint, perhaps Emerita, ca. 19/18 BC.
Obv. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, head of Augustus right. Rev. SIGNIS RECEPTIS, Mars, standing left and looking right, holding aquila and standard.
RIC I rev, 82a; BMC 414.
Ex CNG 120, 5/11/2022, lot 752.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, with superb multicolored iridescence. The reverse type refers to Augustus’ political victory through which he obtained the return of Crassus’ lost standards from the Parthians.