AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 gm, 5h). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / SIGNIS S P Q R RECEPTIS around shield inscribed CL·V; flanked by aquila and standard. RIC I 86a; BMCRE 417; RSC 265. Good VF, small flan crack.
The clipeus virtutis, or shield of honor, was awarded to Augustus upon the return of the Roman standards captured by the Parthians in earlier conflicts.
