★ Usurper Issue ★

Quietus, usurper, 260-261. Antoninianus (Billon, 21 mm, 3.90 g, 6 h), Samosata. IMP C FVL QVIE[T]VS P F AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Quietus to right. Rev. APOLINI CONSERVA Apollo standing to left, holding branch in right hand and grounded lyre in left; to left field, star. Cohen 4. MIR 44, 1728n. RIC V 3. Largely intact silvering; well centered. Some flatness, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired from Ariadne in Amsterdam, in 2006.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.