RIC V Quietus 12
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 260–AD 261
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Antioch, Syria (ancient mint)Antoninianus in silver struck at Antioch, Syria under Quietus, AD 260–AD 261, catalogued as RIC V Quietus 12. Obverse: Bust of Quietus, radiate, draped, right. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand.
Obverse legend: IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG. Reverse legend: VICTORIA AVGG.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 1
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
This silver antoninianus was produced between AD 260 and AD 261 under Quietus at the mint of Antioch in Syria. By the mid-third century, antoniniani had become crucial currency issued by soldier emperors and usurpers to maintain the loyalty of their troops, with issues minted in major provincial centres such as Antioch on the Orontes River.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Antoninianus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Antioch, Syria
- Issuing authority
- Quietus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Quietus, radiate, draped, right
- Reverse type
- Victory, winged, draped, walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- VICTORIA AVGG
Identification
- How to identify
- RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.quit.12
- Catalogue reference
- RIC V Quietus 12
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.5.quit.12
- Source note
- The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet