Quietus Augustus, A.D. 260 Antioch mint Billon Antoninianus Obv: IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG Rev: APOLINI CONSERVA - Apollo, standing left, holding laurel branch, left hand on lyre RIC (Vol.V, Part II) 3 22mm, 3.1g. Quietus and his brother, Macrianus, tried to seize control of the Empire after the capture of Valerian I by Shapur I of Persia. His rule was short-lived; he was killed by the citizens of Emesa while the city was under seize by the rival forces of Odaenathus. Return