Description: Severina, Augusta, 270-275. Antoninianus (bronze, 2.69 g, 22 mm), Rome. Obv. SEVERINA AVG Diademed and draped bust of Severina set to right on crescent. Rev. CONCORDIAE MILITVM / XXI Concordia standing front, head to left, holding signum in each hand. Ulpia Severina was Roman empress as the wife of Roman emperor Aurelian from c. 270 to 275. Severina is unmentioned in surviving literary sources and known only from coinage and inscriptions and as a result, very little is known about her. Aurelian was murdered in September/October 275 and his successor, Tacitus, was proclaimed emperor only after a brief interregnum, lasting somewhere between five and eleven weeks. Though coins of Severina were minted under Aurelian from 274 to 275, some historians speculatively assign certain unusual types of coins to this brief interregnum period and suggest that Severina effectively briefly ruled the empire in her own right. Thus, you might be about to purchase a coin of the only woman (not taking into account Irene, Zoe and Theodora of the Byzantine Empire) in the entire history of Roman Empire to reign alone in her right and without a male co-ruler/husband/main monarch!!!
Price: 36 USD
Location: Glendale, California
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Denomination: Antoninianus
Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
Composition: Bronze-Silvered
Year: 270-275 AD
Era: Ancient
Grade: Very Fine
Ruler: Severina
Certification: Uncertified
Modified Item: No
