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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2785347, member: 75937"]Severina's hairstyle and portraiture is very much mint-dependent. Compare, for example, this one from the Serdica mint. 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]645468[/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[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2785347, member: 75937"]Severina's hairstyle and portraiture is very much mint-dependent. Compare, for example, this one from the Serdica mint. 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. [ATTACH=full]645468[/ATTACH] Severina, AD 270-275 Roman billon antoninianus; 4.01 g, 24.2 mm Serdica, issue 8, AD 274-275 Obv: SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, emperor and empress clasping hands, * in field between them; KA Δ in exergue Refs: RIC 16; MER/RIC temp no 2827; RCV 11703; Cohen 2[/QUOTE]
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