Roman Empire, Quietus (Usurper, 260-261), Æ Antoninianus

Quietus (died AD 261), formally Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus, was a Roman usurper during the turbulent "Crisis of the Third Century".

Following Emperor Valerian’s capture by the Sasanian Persians in AD 260, Quietus and his brother Macrianus Minor were proclaimed co-Emperors in opposition to Gallienus. Quietus remained in the eastern provinces while his father and brother marched west. After their defeat, he was besieged at Emesa by forces loyal to Odaenathus of Palmyra and was killed in AD 261, bringing his brief reign to an end.

The coinage of Quietus and of his brother and co-Emperor Macrianus Minor celebrated the army, the confidence in victory, and the foreseen arrival of happy times. All of these themes were very important in a time of emergency, when the Roman Empire had lost its Emperor in battle against the Sassanid Empire.