Hello, I bought another uncleaned lot, I don't know how but the lot has mostly silver(lot of 12 coins 6 silver other's had a layer of silver). The lot still hasn't arrived yet, I'll post and update on what i found once it has arrived. but this coin intrigued me I think it is Severus Alexander: (sorry for the bad pictures) Any help would be appreciated, Thanks Thomas,
Probably: (From Wildwinds Severus Alexander Denarius. 232 AD. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right, seen from front / MARS VLTOR, Mars walking right, carrying spear and shield. RIC 246; Sear 7882; RSC 161; BMC 833.
That question is best answered by seeing how many have sold at auction and how many are currently for sale. ACsearch is a good place to check for auction results; Vcoins is a good place to see currently for sale fixed price coins. The pages I've linked for those sites are search results for "Severus Alexander denarius RIC 246". You can see by the volume of hits that it is not a rare coin. Now that you have those links you can answer the question of rarity for yourself next time .
Yeah, that's the problem with third-party apps. When they go under, things stop working . Also, it's been almost three years since I've updated my website. Getting it updated and cleaned up is on my list for 2020 .
Not sure it will help you, but over the years I have found that the working definition of "rare" = "you don't have one". The practical definition of "rare" = "you can't afford one". The fact of the matter is that in almost all cases the field of ancient coins turns these generalized observations on their heads - The working definition in the field of ancient coins is: "rare" = "diddly, in 95+% of cases". Compared to popular "rarities" like a 1909-S vdb US cent, which, given a survival rate of only 25%, would still account for 121,000 extant specimens. An example of any but the very most common of ancient coin types eg: soldiers and standard(s), fallen horseman, etc. is most likely far "rarer" in absolute terms of number of surviving specimens. In practical terms, when you get to the pricing aspect, "rarity [alone]" = "almost nothing, compared to condition, eye-appeal and public popularity/demand". eg: The most common Julio-Claudian denarius by a fairly wide margin is the so-called "tribute penny", Tiberius' nearly exclusively one-and-only denarius type for his entire 23 year reign. But if you want a nice one, you better have a fat budget - they bring more than any but the rarest of 1st century denarii because FAR more people want to own one (for whatever reason) than any other type in the category.
