Ulpia Severina Antoninianus — Empress of Aurelian

Own a Coin from One of Rome’s Most Debated Imperial Successions

A genuine NGC-certified antoninianus of Ulpia Severina, wife of Emperor Aurelian and Augusta during the final years of his reign.

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📷 Coin shown is a representative example. You will receive one authentic NGC-certified coin of Ulpia Severina. Each coin is unique and will vary in grade, strike, centering, preservation, silvering, reverse type, and overall appearance.

👑 Issued for the empress of Aurelian during Rome’s recovery from the Crisis of the Third Century
🏛 Some numismatists have argued that portions of Severina’s coinage may belong to the succession interval after Aurelian’s death
🤲 A genuine coin connected to one of the most debated episodes of late third-century imperial history

Own This Piece of History

Why This Coin Matters

Ulpia Severina was the wife of Emperor Aurelian, who reunited the Roman Empire after defeating the Palmyrene and Gallic breakaway states.

Severina held the title Augusta and appeared on imperial coinage, often with reverse types emphasizing concord, piety, Juno, and dynastic stability.

After Aurelian was assassinated in AD 275, the exact sequence leading to the accession of Tacitus is poorly documented. Later literary accounts describe an unusual delay, but their chronology and details are difficult to reconstruct securely.

Numismatic evidence has led some scholars to propose that certain issues in Severina’s name may have continued into this succession interval. From that possibility came the intriguing hypothesis that she may have exercised some form of temporary authority.

That remains a hypothesis—not an established fact. The surviving evidence does not prove that Severina ruled the Roman Empire independently, nor does it allow us to call her confidently Rome’s only sole female ruler.

Her coinage is fascinating precisely because it sits at the center of that uncertainty. It preserves the portrait of an imperial woman whose position during one of Rome’s least understood successions continues to be debated.

Perfect For

• Collectors of Roman imperial women
• Collectors of Aurelian and the late Crisis of the Third Century
• Students of Roman succession and numismatic evidence
• NGC-certified ancient coin collectors
• Anyone interested in unresolved questions of Roman history

What You’ll Receive

• One authentic NGC-certified antoninianus of Ulpia Severina
• Ruler/Issuer: Ulpia Severina, Augusta
• Period: reign of Aurelian, with some issues debated in relation to the AD 275 succession interval
• Denomination: Antoninianus
• Civilization: Roman Empire
• Representative example (each coin is unique)

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• NGC certified
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Learn More

Continue the story in the Kinzer Coins Journal: Ulpia Severina Coins: Empress of Aurelian and Rome’s Mysterious Interregnum.