Roman or Greek? Or both? Help, please!

Hello friends,
I'm clueless about this specimen (about the same size as a nickel) with a female head that looks like a Roman empress but not sure which one, and a reverse with a winged figure and a laurel.
Is this a Roman provincial?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

 

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Both. It's a Roman Provincial, but I don't recognize the obverse inscription, and the reverse photo is too blurry for me to read. The reverse is Nike advancing right holding wreath and palm.

I don't think it's this type, but it's a similar design to this Julia Mamaea from Epirus, Nicopolis: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/16

Is that an "F" or a "Γ" in the obverse legend? (Faustina would be spelled "ΦAV..." not "F," so it's not that.) Who/what mint produced Provincial AEs with a "ΩΝ" in the obverse legend?

I just don't recognize it (or see it in a quick look through RPC). Being able to read the reverse might help. Hopefully someone else recognizes it and can fill in the specific mint and Empress or regnal family member on the obverse.

 

Many thanks, Curtis!

 

Here is a better picture, unfortunately, it is a little worn out.

 

I think it's Salonina (CΑΛΩΝΕΙΝΑ).

 

Thanks much, ditsrq!

 

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Yep, definitely Salonina. CE after SALONEINA
The Reverse letters would indicate NICAEA ( NIKAIEON )
Hopefully that should help you find a match ( i have only done a quick search without success )

Edit - It is NICAEA

 

Many thanks, tenbobbit!

 

Well done figuring out the answer! Roman Provincial Coinage [RPC] had dramatically thinned out by this time (there were more Imperial mints & Imperial coins were being used more the Provinces, instead of the traditional local "Greek Imperials").

So Provincials post 254 CE are all really cool. I collect RPC (among many others) and have very few this late or later. (Except from Alexandria which kept on longer than the other RPC mints by decades.)

The RPC Online vol for Salonina isn't out yet, but it seems scarce (might be worth submitting when it goes online). There are maybe a half dozen examples of this type in ACSearch (search Salonina & Nikaia or Nicaea; there are only 42 total, including some duplication, for any of her reverses).

Here's the only one with a ref cited: "RG 60," for Rec. Gen. [see NumisWiki].

 

Greatly appreciated, Curtis!