Hello friends, I keep learning about ancients and now I can identify this fella as Severus Alexander and the type of coin (sestertius) based on its size (about the same of a US 1/2 dollar.) However, I'm puzzled about the little stamp below the chin and the minting place. I found out that on the reverse there is an altar, but I couldn't find any info about the mint place and date. Any comments? Gratias!
i can't really make the coutnermark out, if it looks better in hand...see if you can find a match here.... http://www.romancoins.info/Countermarks-start.html
My thought is that it is inappropriate to call a Provincial a sestertius and the letters I see might be Elagabalus rather than Severus Alexander. I do not recognize the type or city but it should be from a Colony status city.