v43_0628 - QUIETUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 395.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 435.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 466.00 €
Starting price : 395.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 435.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 466.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 260-261
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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 : IOVI CONSERVATORI/ *|-// -.
Reverse description : Jupiter assis à gauche, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter conservateur).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement lourd. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux et sa rareté réelle correspond bien à l’évaluation de Cohen au XIXe siècle (30 francs or) soit le prix d’un solidus.
Extremely heavy weight. With all its surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest and its actual rarity corresponds well to Cohen's valuation in the 19th century (30 gold francs), or the price of a solidus
Extremely heavy weight. With all its surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest and its actual rarity corresponds well to Cohen's valuation in the 19th century (30 gold francs), or the price of a solidus
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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