Hello all. I have just this one ancient Roman coin I obtained at the FUN show in Orlando 15 years ago. I don't collect ancients at all and I am totally uneducated regarding this segment of collecting. This coin was obtained while I purchased the newly issued 2006 gold Buffalo (basically I asked the dealer if he would throw it in if I bought the First Strikes Buffalo), at the full price he was asking for it. $1,100 at the time. I kicked myself for paying that much for (the Buf) at the time but it has come around since. I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this, bear with me I am new to Coin Talk. I am looking for any information, its value etc. that any of you experts in the field might add. THX in advance
FYI, you can get an idea of what your coin sells for at retail, by ancient coin dealers, on the vcoins.com website. If you use the SEARCH function and type in "severus alexander denarius providentia" (the "providentia" is the name of the deity on the reverse of your coin) you get about 20 coins with various retail prices. Here's the result: https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.as...cords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False This will help you determine the retail value of your coin by comparing yours to coins in similar condition.
I have always wondered why there are so, so many different coins for the same emperor. I had looked around before posting this coin, but i have never been able to find the exact same one. This segment would take a lot of study and experience to begin to master it. Thanks again for the link.
I believe what you have is a RIC IV Severus Alexander 252a. I hope that helps. Btw OCRE is an awesome database for imperial roman coins.
