v24_0599 - QUIETUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 260-261
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et ovale, complet des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Une patine grise épaisse recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Quiétus à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Fulvius Quietus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Fulvius Quiétus pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMAE AETERNAE.
Reverse description : Roma (Rome) casquée, vêtue militairement assise à gauche, appuyée sur un bouclier, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Romæ Æternæ”, (À la Rome éternelle).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
QUIETUS
(09/260- spring 261)
Augustus
Quietus is the son of Macrien and the brother of young Macrien. After the capture of Valerian I by Shapur (Sapor), Macrian, general of Valerian I, and Ballista, prefect of the Praetorium, decide to save the East to proclaim august the two sons of Macrian - young Macrian and Quietus. Ballista defeats Sapor at Corcycus and forces the king to retreat across the Euphrates. After this victory, the two Macrians march on the West, but they are beaten by Auréolus, Gallien's cavalry master. Macrien and his father are taken prisoner, then executed. In the East, Quietus, left alone and left to his own devices, becomes easy prey for Odenath, king of Palmyra..
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