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Severina, Augusta spring 274 - November 275 A.D.

Ulpia Severina may have been the daughter of Ulpius Crinitus, a general of Valerian. Ulpius Crinitus probably adopted Aurelian in 258 and gave him Severina in marriage. Severina had a daughter by Aurelian, by whom she became grandmother to an Aurelian who became a Senator in the time of Constantine I. Nothing is known of Severina prior to Aurelian's becoming Augustus in the late summer of 270. After that time she traveled with him on his military campaigns and became quite popular with the troops because she devoted her time and wealth to their welfare, in sharp contrast to previous Empresses. It is said that she acquired a martial air, and that her conduct was faultless. For some reason Aurelian did not honor her with coins until at least the third year of his reign, when his own reform of the coinage was under way. When Aurelian was murdered near Byzantium in the late summer of 275, Severina survived and there is substantial evidence from the coins to believe that she may have continued to strike and perhaps even rule during the so-called 'Interregnum.' Her coins of Alexandria dated in the final year of the reign of Aurelian comprise the bulk of that mint's coinage, and her final issues at other mints, which were usually restricted to a few officinae, were struck at all officinae. The last issues of Antioch (approximately August to October of of 275) were all only in her name, and they bear the very unusual title "P F AVG" - unknown for empresses except for a rare issue of Salonina (and then again adopted again in the early fifth century by Galla Placidia, Honoria, and Licinia Eudoxia). Finally, she was the only Empress to strike coins bearing the legend "CONCORDIAE MILITVM," and those coins were her last issue. They seem to have been the hope of an Empress who found herself in charge of a contrite Army.

|Severina|, |Severina,| |Augusta| |Spring| |274| |-| |November| |275| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Severina was the wife of Aurelian. She was possibly the only Roman empress ever to rule in her own right, which she did during the interregnum after her husband's murder.
RA112895. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC 1813 (45 spec.), BnF XII 219 - 220, Venèra 1356 - 1374, Gloucester 178, Maravielle 92, RIC V-1 4, SRCV III 11705, Cohen VI 7, F, well centered, areas rough from corrosion, weight 3.364 g, maximum diameter 21.7 mm, die axis 180o, 1st officina, Rome mint, issue 11, early - Sep 275; obverse SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent; reverse CONCORDIAE MILITVM (harmony with the soldiers), Concordia standing facing, head left, flanked by a standard in each hand, A (appearing as H) right, XXIR in exergue; $70.00 (€65.80)
 


|Severina|, |Severina,| |Augusta| |Spring| |274| |-| |November| |275| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Aurelian||denarius|
Denarii of this period are scarce and extremely rare in this condition.
SH11074. Billon denarius, MER-RIC 1857, RIC V-1 6, BnF XII 266 ff., Venèra 1504 - 1506, Normanby 1286, Maravielle 110, Choice EF, weight 2.568 g, maximum diameter 19.52 mm, die axis 180o, 3rd officina, Rome mint, issue 11, early 275 - Sep 275; obverse SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right; reverse VENVS FELIX (Venus who brings good fortune), Venus standing left holding uncertain object (apple?) in right hand, scepter in left hand, Γ in exergue; SOLD


|Severina|, |Severina,| |Augusta| |Spring| |274| |-| |November| |275| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Aurelian||antoninianus|
One of the most attractive Severina antoninianus we have seen.
SH11067. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC 1796 (48 spec.), BnF XII 181 - 182, Venèra 1082 ff., Maravielle 89, Mazzini 3, Tattershall Thorpe 326, RIC V-1 3, SRCV III 11704, Cohen VI 3, superb EF, weight 3.580 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 180o, 6th officina, Rome mint, issue 10, end 274 A.D.; obverse SEVERINA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders; reverse CONCORDIA AVGG (harmony between the emperor and empress), Severina (on left) and Aurelian (togate, holding scepter) standing confronted, clasping hands, SXXIR in exergue; SOLD







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