Not my normal collecting field but when I saw her at auction, I decided to give her a home. I know it is not rare to find her coins in good condition, I believe I owned a silvered one in my previous collection but this one really caught my eye. RIC Online 1796 4.01gm 22mm If you have a Severina in your collection please feel free to share.
Cool find with an unusual/interesting portrait I have another somewhat seldom seen (well I have shown it a couple of times I think ) coin of hers Aurelian and Severina, Double sestertius* - Rome mint AD 274-275 IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian right SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust of Severina right, on crescent 11.18 gr Ref : Cohen # 1, RIC # 2, RCV # 11696 * : whether it is a double sestertius or a dupondius has been disputed many times, but with no other evidence than my liking, I prefer the double sestertius version Q
Nice coin. The obverse portrait has good contrast. I only have one Antoninianus on Severina (shown a few times already)...
Great find, @BenSi I am trying to tell which is which of these two... I think they are TWINS! “Vice is nice, but incest is best...” RI Aurelian 270-275 CE AE Ant Concordia-Milit RI Severina Wife of Aurelian 274-275 CE BI22 Antoninianus 3-14g Rome mint Crescent Concordia RIC 317
And here's my Egyptian Severina. She was one of the few empresses who really reigned the Roman Empire, though only for a short while. AE tetradrachm Severina 270-275, Alexandria, year 6 = 274/275. Obv. Bust r. OVLP CEVHRINA CEB. Rev. Eagle standing l., head r. Year ETOUC S = year 6 (of 7). 20 mm, 8.65 gr. Emmett 3966.
I really like the double sestertius. Not something you see everyday. I wonder how it was tariffed against the antoninianus?
SEVERINA, Antoninianus Ticinum, 275 4.44 g - 23 mm S 11705 - C 7 - RIC Va 8 SEVERINA AVG, Diademed bust right, on a crescent CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia std left, holding two standards, QXXT
Those are some really well done coins. Aurelian long neck seems to have applied to Severina as well. I wonder why
Wonderful example of a truly amazing woman. Severina probably was the only woman to independently have been in charge if running Rome without a Male counterpart or son, grandson etc, to manipulate. During the first three months after her husband Aurelians tragic murder Severina was the glue that held Rome together.
