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Message:: [QUOTE="-monolith-, post: 24785269, member: 150064"]This coin is a head scratcher. I purchased it from a well known coin dealer several years ago but still haven't been able to attribute it. At first I thought it might be a mule but after extensive research it appears to be an extremely rare unlisted denarius. The only information I could find about it was published in a research book Varian Studies Volume One Varius by Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado; May 2017 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). The coin is shown on page xix, no. 71 and mentioned on page 343 and is located at the BnF museum in France, item # 1196. The BnF coin is the only other sample I could find. Here is the coin in my collection: [ATTACH=full]1585790[/ATTACH]Reference from Varian Studies Volume One Varius by Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado [ATTACH=full]1585791[/ATTACH] Coin in my collection, extremely rare CAES obverse with PROVID DEORVM reverse. Authority:  Elagabalus (Augustus 218 – 222 AD)Denomination:  AR DenariusMint: unknownObverse: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG – should be IMP ANTONINVS AVG; Laureate, draped bust right Reverse: PROVID DEORVM; Providentia standing left with legs crossed and leaning on column, holding wand over globe and cornucopiaReferences: RIC -; SEAR -; RSC -, OCRE -; unlisted type[/QUOTE]