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Ulpia Severina

Reece Period attributed: Period 13

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 270 until 275.

Ulpia Severina was the emperor Aurelian’s wife; little is known about her. She became Augusta late in his reign (274), and her coinage continued well after the death of her husband. She probably retired into private life after some sort of interregnum before the reign of Tacitus.

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Wikipedia derived information

Ulpia Severina was a Roman Empress, the wife of the emperor Aurelian.

There is evidence that she reigned in her own right for some period after Aurelian's death in 275, which would make her the only woman to have ruled over the entire Roman Empire by her own power. Very little is known about her, as there are no literary sources mentioning her existence. Almost everything known about her, including her name, is gathered from coins and inscriptions..

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulpia_Severina
This data is sourced from dbpedia, and as such should be treated with caution

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