442, Lot: 539. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Quietus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Æ As (28mm, 10.57 g, 5h). Samosata mint. IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AEQVTAS AVGG (sic), Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. MIR 44, 1727h; RIC V 13. Fine, green brown surfaces, with several spots of lighter green and brown. Extremely rare, only one piece noted by MIR (in a private collection).

A handful of these have been sold over the years. One of this fabric appeared in CNG 63, lot 1514 in 2003.