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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3133009, member: 75937&quot;]In the case of the Antioch mint, there is a change in hairstyle and obverse legend that occurs between the 6th emission (early 275 – September 275), as exemplified by your coin, <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3198" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3198" rel="nofollow">MER/RIC temp #3198</a>, and the 7th emission (September – November 275), as exemplified by [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] &#039;s example, MER/RIC <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3202" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3202" rel="nofollow">temp #3202</a>. P F (Pia Felix) is added to the obverse inscription and the hairstyle changes from straight to very wavy, reminiscent of the style worn by previous empresses. All seven specimens cited by MER/RIC demonstrate this change in coiffure. Sear (RCV III, p. 439) comments about the new obverse inscription:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The unorthodox titulature in the obverse legend, reminiscent of Julia Domna&#039;s IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, together with the singular ending of the reverse legend and the unusual type, strongly suggest that Severina was regarded in Antioch as a reigning empress at the time this issue was made.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The death of Aurelian in late September, 275 certainly correlates with these changes in the coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only other mint depicting Severina with this hairstyle is that of Serdica, MER/RIC <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2827" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2827" rel="nofollow">temp #2827</a>, which includes portraits featuring a straight-haired coiffure as well as with a wavy style. The authors of MER/RIC do not assign a separate catalog number for those with the straight hairstyle (plate coin) and those with the wavy hairstyle (such as the <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coinview/2827/15218?ancre=type-specimen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coinview/2827/15218?ancre=type-specimen" rel="nofollow">Paris Specimen, Pflaum 543</a>). Pflaum, however, assigns #542 to the straight hairstyle and #543 to the wavy one. Estiot (BNC) assigns separate numbers to each example in the Bibliothèque Nationale&#039;s collection -- #1057 and 1059 feature the straight-haired coiffure, while 1058 features the wavy hair. The authors of MER/RIC assign this coin to the 8th issue of this mint, from November 274 – September 275. They do note a 9th issue after the death of Aurelian, MER/RIC <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2828" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2828" rel="nofollow">temp #2828</a>, which they assign to September – November 275. It is distinguished from the pre-death issues by the addition of dots to the mintmark, such that it reads KA•Γ• in the exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in reply to your question, in Antioch, a change in hairstyle appears to correlate with the death of Aurelian. In Serdica, it apparently does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>S. Estiot, <i>Bibliothèque nationale. Catalogue des monnaies de l’Empire romain</i> (<i>BNCMER</i>) <i>XII.1. D’Aurélien à Florien</i> (Paris-Strasbourg, 2004).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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