Let's see your Severinas!

RC,nice new pickup. great coins all.
~Doug

 

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Here's a denarius like @Cucumbor's and @maridvnvm's. An enigmatic coin, both for the occasional "VSV" in the exergue, and nobody seems to know what Venus is holding. Venus Felix is often shown holding a cupid or an apple, but that doesn't look to be the case on this type (though it's often described in one of these ways, or as "a seated figure"). To me it looks like a sphere set on top of a tripod, cone, or pyramid. Maybe the sun on a tripod of Apollo? Some connection to Sol/the sun seems possible, given its importance to Aurelian.

 

Here is mine:

 

Seems quite the popular type here. Some attractive pieces I see in this thread.

Severina
Mint: Rome
274 to 275 AD
Billon Antoninianus
Obvs: SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent
Revs: CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia holding two standards. XXI below, P in field
20x22mm, 3.9g