275 AD., Severina, Rome mint, Æ Denarius, RIC 6.

Severina, Rome mint, officina 3, emission 11, 275 AD.,
Æ Denarius (20-22,5 mm / 2,81 g), silvered bronze, axis coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: SEVERI-NA AVG , draped bust right, wearing stephane.
Rev.: VENVS F-ELIX / Γ , Venus, draped, standing front, head left, Venus standing l. holding apple with index finger and thumb in right hand and scepter in left, Γ in exergue (officina number). Few ink residues from old collector number in right field.
RIC V, I, 316, 6 ; Göbl, MIR 141t ; CBN 266-277 ; Coh. 14 .

Broad flan, green-brown patina with some remaining silvering
ex Grunow (Berlin), ca. 1990s (200,- DM)

Aurelian´s post-reform denarius was equal to 10 asses, the sestertius was equal to 2.5 asses, the antoninianus (double denarius) was equal to 20 asses.