I just got a couple of lots of coins in and two of them are Aurelian and his wife Severina. The Aurelian is an Ӕ As with Aurelian and Severina on the reverse and the head of Sol between them. Aurelian tried to make Sol the main god of the Romans. On the antoninianus, the severe Severina portrait looks a little too much like Aurelian. The antoninianus was introduced by Aurelian and contained 5% silver. The XXI in the exergue stood for the ratio of 20:1; which meant that 20 of these new coins had as much silver as 1 denarius.
Aurelian
AD 270- 271
Ӕ As 24x27mm 6.6g
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
CONCORDIA AVG Severina and Aurelian standing facing each other and clasping hands; Aurelian holding scepter. Above, radiate and draped bust of Sol right.
RIC Vi Rome 80
Severina
A.D. 275
Æ Antoninianus 22x23mm 4.7g
SEVERINAE AVG; diademed and draped bust right on crescent.
CONCORDIAE MILITVM; Concordia standing left holding two ensigns.
In ex. VIXXI
RIC Vi Siscia 13
