Roman Silver Coin

[Joe D2]

I did search ancient-roman-coin.com website to be able to identify my Roman Silver coin but I was not able to find a match.
Where can I go to try to identify and/or evaluate my coin (see attached pictures)
Joe

[lawrence c]

All I am seeing is a photo of the reverse. Could you please post a photo of the obverse?

[Justin W]

We still need to see the obverse (front side) of your coin, but I’m guessing it may be this  https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=714223.

I apologize the reverse fits ric 28 better, I gave you one where the reverse has 4 I’d at the front.  https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5992594

[Serendipity]

Justin W, very well spotted and corrected! It appears to be an extremely rare variety with the star in the right field rather than in the left.

Silver Denarius of Elagabalus, Rome, 220 CE

Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, right.

Reverse: P M TR P III COS III P P. Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over left shoulder, standing left, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand; in field, star.

http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.el.28b

Note: Star can sometimes appear in right field behind Sol.

https://www.ikmk.at/object?lang=en&id=ID120632&view=rs

There is a wonderful description of Sol by the Forum which would be appropriate to quote here because of the way that the upcoming festive season coincides so perfectly with the popular Roman festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the "Birthday of the Unconquered Sun."

Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun") was the sun god of the later Roman Empire and a patron of soldiers. In 274 the Roman emperor Aurelian made it an official cult alongside the traditional Roman cults. The god was favored by emperors after Aurelian and appeared on their coins until Constantine. The last inscription referring to Sol Invictus dates to 387 and there were enough devotees in the 5th century that Augustine found it necessary to preach against them. The date 25 December was selected for Christmas to replace the popular Roman festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the "Birthday of the Unconquered Sun."