Interesting coin...but unfamiliar to me. The unusual S C portrait obverse (?) resembles Gordian III to me but I may just be viewing too many @Sallent posts
I've given up on trying to ID provincials. I can't read Greek to save my life (Latin is no problem, but my Greek is non-existent). On top of that, I can't tell you how much Alexander Severus and even Elagabalus can look like Gordian III on some of these provincials, and heavy patina or corrosion frequently makes the ID even harder, so I've given up on trying to ID by whom I think the bust looks like. Leave provincials to the experts. My Roman provincials collection is a small fraction the size of my official Imperial collection.
Many thanks for the definition, it's a rare emperor, and there are 2 similar coins. My coin is also very rare like this? https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3207485
Well, there are a dozen or so listed on acsearch, so not that rare... at least by Roman provincial standards. (It seems that pretty much every Roman provincial is at least somewhat rare!)
I agree. When there are thousands of minor variations you start thinking of a coin you have seen before as common. Most of us start defining 'rare' as something that is more than slightly different than the nearest similar coins and existing in very small numbers. Being the only one known with an extra dot here or there does not mean much.
Yes you are right . Often these coins have small varieties. And she is in excellent condition and that's good too. We present often to coins that are 2200 years too large requirements.
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2832163 except for this link, about this coin, I have nowhere found descriptions and photos
