I need some help...

I need some help researching this coin. I can't find any documentation on it. If anybody knows a link I can go to to read up on the coin, but google kept giving me nothing.

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Mint State Severus Alexander Denarius

[TD="class: label"]Reign Date:[/TD]
222-235 AD

[TD="class: label"]Circa:[/TD]
229-30 AD

[TD="class: label"]Denomination:[/TD]
Denarius

[TD="class: label"]Weight:[/TD]
3.270

[TD="class: label"]References:[/TD]
BM-647, C-586, RIC-226

[TD="class: label"]Grade:[/TD]
MS

[TD="class: label"]Details:[/TD]
Obv: Head laureate r. Rx: VIRTVS - AVG Emperor standing l., foot on helmet, holding globe and spear Lovely strike on obverse. Reverse is struck from rusty dies but still pleasant


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RIC 226
sear5 #7938 Severus Alexander Denarius. 230 AD. IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS AVG, Alexander walking left, stepping on helmet, holding globe and reversed spear. RSC 226. http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/RIC_0226.3.jpg

 

Re reading your post, I'm not sure what you're looking for. It would be nice to see images of the coin in question.

 

Something like this?


edit: RIC 226

 

This is the actual coin. Thanks for your replies. I checked out Westwinds. I guess I'm looking for rarity information.

 

I don't think they are too rare, since theres a few listed on vcoins, but I don't have RIC to see if its listed as rare.

 

I don't know about this specific type, but the denarii of Severus Alexander are plentiful, and not rare.

 

Those who do not collect ancients often miss the fact that rarity/price/desirability as an interest to collectors work differently for ancients than for modern coins. No one knows mintage figures on any ancients; few care whether their coin is one of a thousand or one of ten unless that population figure means that there are few enough that other collectors will keep you from having the coin you want. When there are a million different types (and there are at least that number), no one is trying to get them all so ordinary reverses of common emperors are not likely to generate major bidding battles no matter how few of the coin was made or still exists.