Description: Severina (270 - 275 AD). BI Denarius, Rome mint 275 AD. SEVERINA AVG; diademed and draped bust right / VENVS FELIX; Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre, Є in ex.

Diameter: BI19 mm

Weight: 2,3 g

Grade: aMS/aEF

Attribution: RIC V 6

Commentary: flan crack, nevertheless very attractive with rests of silvering and splendid portrait, malachite deposits on reverse

History: The theory, that in the interregnum between the death of her husband and election of Tacitus, Severina was the sole ruler, had its roots in confusing the duration of Tacitus' and Florian's reign by some historians.

Article Number: 011-04-08-41652