I think the overcoat in the story can be said to represent a sort of personal sense of security, the things we build our self confidence on and build our sense of self. Akaky is a very meditative, meticulous person who has planned out all his expenses to a science, and now the concrete things in his life has been removed.
The overcoat might be the material constraints that are placed upon us and represent ways in which we are not free, in this case financially.
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