Quietus AD 260-261. Samosata
Billon Antoninianus

22 mm, 3,30 g

IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Quietus to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, holding spear and Victory on globe.

Very Fine

Cohen 11; MIR 1738f; RIC 9.

Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus, a Roman usurper, rose to power in 260 with the support of his father and Valerian's Praetorian Prefect, Ballistas, following the capture of Emperor Valerian by the Sassanids. Sharing the imperial title with his older brother Macrianus Minor, their rule gained initial acceptance in the eastern part of the empire but faced opposition in Egypt by the summer of 261. While Quietus stayed in the East with Ballistas, his brother and father marched westward. After their defeat and deaths in Thrace in 261, Quietus and Ballistas resided in Emesa. Quietus met his end at the hands of an enraged populace, and Ballistas was killed by Septimius Odaenathus of Palmyra, marking the downfall of their usurpation.