Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR cistophorus (28mm, 12h). NGC Good, scratches. Uncertain Asia Minor mint, ca. 19/18 BC. IMP • IX • TR • PO • V, bare head of Augustus right / MART •-VLTO, circular temple showing four columns on podium of five steps, military standard within. RIC I 507. RPC 2220. BM 704. Paris 989. Cohen 202. The standards of Crassus that Augustus recovered from the Parthians in 20 BC seem to have been housed in a temporary small round temple, shown on this cistophorus, until they were moved to the permanent temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus upon its completion in 2 BC.

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