Hello I have got this Roman coin from a fleamarket but can't identify it or the emperor on it (it seems to be a quite young one so maybe Severus Alexander, Elagabalus or one of the Gordians?) .
On one side there is possibly a flower or a Jewish symbol? The diameter of the coin is ca. 18-19mm
Any help in identifying the emperor or the coin is very welcome!
You're welcome. You won't have any small copper radiate coin for Elagabal or Alexander Severus. The antoninianii were still of good silver content at that time. Antoninianii are still, at least, silver-looking
With the Gallic empire, the silver content fell down from 50% in 220, to 25% in 250, to almost nothing between 260 and 285.
You can see here that your coin has almost no silver in it, it's probably 95% copper. Coins like this are mainly from the Gallic empire (often Tetricus I or II or Victorinus) but can also be from Gallienus. After the fall of the Gallic empire and with Aurelian, the coins changed, with a fixed silver content in it, and silvered. Some call them still antoninianii but the word aureliani is also used.