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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2745291, member: 75937&quot;]A new addition to my collection--</p><p><br /></p><p>Like those of her husband, Aurelian, Severina&#039;s coins were struck at several different mints and bear a variety of mint and officina marks to pique one&#039;s interest and provide a challenge to the specialist.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t have any desire to collect these by officina number or variations on mint mark, I do like to have examples of each reverse type from each mint. This is one from&nbsp; the Serdica mint, which I didn&#039;t have yet in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait style is quite pleasing from this mint. Her hair is wavy and plaited in the back, similar to her predecessors, Otacilia Severa, Herennia Etruscilla, and Cornelia Salonina.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627511[/ATTACH]</p><p>Severina, AD 270-275</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus; 4.01 g, 24.2 mm</p><p>Serdica, issue 8, AD 274-275</p><p>Obv: SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, emperor and empress clasping hands, * in field between them; KA Δ in exergue</p><p>Refs: RIC 16; MER/RIC temp no 2827; RCV 11703; Cohen 2</p><p>Notes: Obverse double strike notable at the forehead and eye</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare the hairstyle and bust style from other mints:</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627514[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ticinum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Siscia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And Cyzicus (from Ars Antiqva; not in my collection):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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