Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction 52E 29-30 Aug 2020
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Augustus (27BC - 14AD). AR Denarius, P. Petronius Turpilianus moneyer, 18 BC. D/ TVRPIL[IANVS III] VIR. Head of Liber right, wearing wreath of ivy. R/ CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN RECE. Kneeling Parthian right, presenting standard. RIC 287; C. 585. AR. g. 3.30 mm. 19.00 R. Rare and pleasant, from a well detailed reverse die. Iridescent tone. Good VF.
This coin commemorates the major diplomatic coup of Augustus' reign: the recovery of the Roman standards, lost by Crassus at the battle of Carrhae in 54 BC, from the Parthians. The reference to Liber, who was the Latin equivalent of Dionysus and of eastern origin, is a special mythological allusion to the event and an ad hoc use of such mythology by Augustus that later would be considered unsuitable and discarded from the canon of his public image. (CNG 367, 435 note).
This coin commemorates the major diplomatic coup of Augustus' reign: the recovery of the Roman standards, lost by Crassus at the battle of Carrhae in 54 BC, from the Parthians. The reference to Liber, who was the Latin equivalent of Dionysus and of eastern origin, is a special mythological allusion to the event and an ad hoc use of such mythology by Augustus that later would be considered unsuitable and discarded from the canon of his public image. (CNG 367, 435 note).