Rare original Ancient Roman coin Quietus billon Antoninianus Samosata mint SPES

Description: One original ancient Roman coin Quietus billon Antoninianus. Samosata mint. Billon Antoninianus 22-23mm. 4.01gm. Well centered nice specimen. (VF) Obv./ IMP C FVL QVIETVS PF AVG, radiate & draped bust right. Rev./ / SPES PVBLICA, Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of robe, sometimes with star in left field. RIC 11; RSC 14; Sear 10831 Coin is in good condition and very rare and nice inclusion to the finest collection. Authenticity guaranteed!! Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus (died 261) was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus. Quietus was the son of Fulvius Macrianus and a noblewoman, possibly named Junia. According to Historia Augusta, he was a military tribune under Valerian, but this information is challenged by historians. He gained the imperial office with his brother Macrianus Minor, after the capture of Emperor Valerian in the Sassanid campaign of 260. With the lawful heir, Gallienus, being far away in the West, the soldiers elected the two emperors. The support of his father, controller of the imperial treasure, and the influence of Balista, Praetorian prefect of the late Emperor Valerian, proved instrumental in his promotion. Quietus and Macrianus, elected consuls, had to face the Emperor Gallienus, at the time in the West. Quietus and Balista stayed in the eastern provinces, while his brother and father marched their army to Europe to seize control of the Roman Empire. After the defeat and deaths of his brother and father in Thrace in 261, Quietus lost the control of the provinces in favour of Septimus Odaenathus of Palmyra, a loyal client king of the Romans who had helped push the Persians out of the eastern provinces and recovered Roman Mesopotamia in 260.[citation needed] Forced to flee to the city of Emesa, he was besieged there by Odaenathus,[citation needed] during the course of which he was killed by its inhabitants, possibly instigated by Balista. In ancient Roman religion , Spes was the goddess of hope . Multiple temples to Spes are known, and inscriptions indicate that she received private devotion as well as state cult. Republican Hope Columns from the Temple of Spes in the Forum Holitorium were incorporated into the San Nicola in Carcere church During the Republic , a temple to "ancient Hope" (Spes vetus) was supposed to have been located near the Praenestine Gate . It was associated with events that occurred in the 5th century BC, but its existence as anything except perhaps a private shrine has been doubted. A well-documented temple of Spes was built by Aulus Atilius Calatinus along with Fides , as the result of vows (vota) made to these goddesses during the First Punic War . At Capua in 110 BC, a temple was built to the triad of Spes, Fides , and Fortuna . Imperial Hope Spes was one of the divine personifications in the Imperial cult of the Virtues. Spes Augusta was Hope associated with the capacity of the emperor as Augustus to ensure blessed conditions. Like Salus ("Salvation, Security"), Ops ("Abundance, Prosperity"), and Victoria ("Victory"), Spes was a power that had to come from the gods, in contrast to divine powers that resided within the individual such as Mens ("Intelligence"), Virtus ("Virtue"), and Fides ("Faith, Fidelity, Trustworthiness"). Greek Elpis The Greek counterpart of Spes was Elpis , who by contrast had no formal cult in Greece . The primary myth in which Elpis plays a role is the story of Pandoraa . The Greeks had ambivalent or even negative feelings about "hope",[10] the concept was unimportant in the philosophical systems of the Stoics and Epicureans . Authenticity guaranteed. Items will be shipped within 1 to 3 business days of purchase completion. FREE domestic SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL $9.99 (REGISTERED-$21.00) WE COMBINE SHIPPING. If you would like to have special shipping, please contact us. All items will be sent out in protected envelope and boxed if necessary. YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN ANCIENT ITEM(S) AS DESCRIBED AND PICTURED ABOVE!!! Every item offered by cameleoncoins is unconditionally guaranteed to be genuine & authentic. We can provide a certificate of authenticity or extended return policy by request only!!! Please include 5 dollars and a short request with your payment if you would like a COA!!! If in the unlikely event that an item is found to be reproduction, full return privileges are within 14 days of receiving the coins. We will promptly offer a full refund without hesitation or hassle.

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