PROVIDENTIA AVGG

Radiate and draped bust of Regalianus to the right.

Providentia standing left, holding ears of corn with the right hand over modius and holding cornucopia with the left hand. 

Photo of a coin sold the 09/01/2007 by Classical Numismatic Group, Triton X, lot 736, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=351473, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

''ov Car? Elag?'' in the reference: AYC #9 ov Car? Elag?, means that this coin is overstruck on a denarius of Caracalla or Elagabalus. ''ov'' for overstruck. As mentioned by the auction house we read the rest of the obverse legend ANTONINVS and on the reverse TR P ? COS. It can be either emperor Caracalla or Elagabalus. The portrait has small dots illustrating the hair and beard, as seen in the portraits of the two emperors.

I am adding here three coins with the legends erased but these same small dots on the portrait which probably indicate that it is one of the two emperors mentioned above. Septimius Severus having more abundant hair, I estimated it made more sense to exclude him from the possibilities. Be careful, other emperors are possible, like Macrinus. I have classified these coins here because of their commonalities with the coin shown here where the legend ANTONINVS is visible, without recreating an additional and unnecessary reference. The die that has been over-struck for Regalianus seems bearded and has small dots illustrating the hair and beard. Are classified here, the coins whose dots are offset from the new portrait and are therefore those of the original portrait. Here is the first coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 05/12/2011 by Auktionshaus Rauch H.D. GmbH, Auction 89, lot 1951, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1157244, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/.

The second coin is this, we see hair and a curly beard. It is perhaps more likely Caracalla. It could be Septimius Severus but, as I noted at the beginning, the hair seems less dense than usual. Macrinus is, among others, a possibility:

Photo of a coin sold the 10/01/2017 by Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XX, lot 832, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3594911, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

Finally, I list this coin where we see a throne on the reverse and whose legend remains are illegible. Likewise, these small characteristic dots are present and we can only assume the identification of several emperors such as those mentioned above. Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 05/01/2010 by Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIII, lot 342, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=718667, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

I assign the RIC numbers according to the marked legends. For example, RIC 7 is given for an overstrike of a Caracalla denarius. I have classified coins under this number 6 because they use the same legends for Regalianus, even though they are overstruck from other emperors. The RIC 6 is also existing for two different types: LIBERLAS AVGG and ORIENS AVGG, this is a number assignment error. The PROVIDENTIA AVGG type should be n°9.