#ulpia severina

[grayjoy15]

Roman consorts and Augustae:

Manlia Scantilla — Julia Constantia

193 AD — 324 AD

OK WE ARE DONE FOR REAL THIS TIME. ALL THE EMPERORS AND ALL THE EMPRESSES. PLUS SOME, YIPPEEEEE

Comment your favorites!!! (Guide below)

1) Manlia Scantilla, Julia Domna, Fulvia Plautilla

2) Nonia Celsa, Cornelia Paula, Aquilia Severa, Annia Faustina

3) Hierocles (😋), Sallustia Orbiana, Sulpicia Memmia, Caecilia Paulina

4) Furia Tranquillina, Otacilia Severa, Herennia Etruscilla, Cornelia Supera

5) Cornelia Salonina, Ulpia Severina, Arria (daughter of Aper), Magnia Urbica

6) Prisca, Eutropia, Julia Helena, Maximiana Theodora

7) Galeria Valeria, Valeria Maximilla, Julia Constantia

[twofielder]

Coin of the Day #58 (7/1/2024)

Just arrived in the mail a minute ago: a type of Ulpia Severina some argue is evidence for her brief sole rule of the empire…

Roman Empire

BI Antoninianus - 26mm 3.06g

Ulpia Severina 270-275 AD

Cyzicus Mint

Obverse SEVERINA AVG

Bust of Severina right, diademed, draped, on crescent

Reverse CONCORDIAE MILITVM

Concordia standing left, holding ensigns in each hand, XXI below

RIC V 18

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[romegreeceart]

Empress Ulpia Severina (270-275)

* Rome, 275 CE

* silver

* obverse: "SEVERI-N-A AVG"

* reverse: "CONCOR-DI-AE - MILITVM // XXIR". Standing Concordia with a military standard is depicted in the coin. There is numismatic evidence that Severina reigned in her own right after Aurelianus had died (275 BCE) and this coin might be from this era,

* Numismatic collection, Berlin State museums

https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=145217&cachesLoaded=true

Provenance/rights: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Creator: Lutz-Jürgen Lübke (Lübke und Wiedemann)  ; Copyright Notice;CC BY-NC-SA

[ancientcoins]

Severina Billon Antoninianus. Ticinum, AD 275. SEVERINA AVG, Diademed bust right, draped & on a crescent / CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing left, holding two ensigns. Mintmark SXXT.

This coin marks a fascinating moment in Roman history: possibly the only time in known history that a woman may have ruled the Roman Empire. Ulpia Severina, wife of the emperor Aurelian has been proposed as ruling as a kind of interrex in the three or four months following the death of her husband in the autumn of 275.

These coins, a collection of billon (highly debased silver) and bronze, are the only evidence for this possible reign, but it has been noted that there was definitely an succession between Aurelian and Tacitus. If Severina was in control during these fraught months she would be the only Roman empress to rule alone, and one of only a few empresses to help arrange the accession of the next emperor, both are exciting possibilities.