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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4223695, member: 87404&quot;]I find the information (and lack of it) on Severina, the wife of Aurelian, quite interesting and empowering.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><i>Note:</i></b><i> There is evidence that she reigned in her own right for some period after Aurelian&#039;s death in 275 AD, which would make her the only woman to have ruled over the entire classical Roman Empire by her own power.</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/collagemaker_20191120_182519318.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Severina, Wife of Aurelian (270-275 AD)</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>BL Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Struck Year 7, 275 AD (</b><i><b>Possibly as sole ruler)</b></i></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: OVΛΠ CEYHΡINA CEB, draped bust of Severina right, wearing stephane.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: Athena seated left on shield, holding Nike and sceptre. ETOVC – Z (date) across fields (RY 7 = 275 AD).</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Emmett 3963, Dattari 5498, Geissen 3106</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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