Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 695. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.95 g, 8h). Rome mint. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. TVRPILIANVS III • VIR • FE-RON, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing stephane, above which is a row of berries, and pearl necklace / CAESAR • AVGVSTVS • SIGN RECE, bare-headed Parthian kneeling on right knee right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 14-7; BN 127-37. EF, lightly toned. Flan a little irregular.

This type commemorates Augustus’ dipolmatic triumph in securing the restoration of the legionary standards which had been lost by Crassus and Antony in the disastrous campaigns of 53 and 36 BC. Many of the issues of this period commemorate this significant event.