This Weeks Puzzle - What (coin) is this?

I have this coin that i have been unable to 'attribute'. Despite many 'false starts' I have to admit that I have got nowhere.
Has anyone seen a coin like this?
Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?
Could it be 'billon', because there appears to be a 'gold' fleck through it.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank-you.

 

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I am only guessing, but as soon as I seen the shape of his head and jaw line I thought of my Maximinus Thrace Anchialus city gate coin, even the letters are a similar shapes, your reverse looks harder but if you did a Maximinus provincial search in CNG archives you might see something similar.

 

Here is a similar but not an exact match.



MACEDON. Amphipolis. Maximinus I (235-238). Ae.
Obv: AV K Γ IOV OVH MAΞIMINOC.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AMΦIΠOΛЄITΩN.
Tyche seated left, holding patera and cornucopia.
SNG Copenhagen 119 var. (obv. legend); SNG ANS -; Varbanov -; BMC -.
Rare
Condition: Near extremely fine.
Weight: 8.29 g.
Diameter: 23 mm.

 

Looks pretty close, great coin, is that yours Gil-galad

 

Nope, I wish. lol

This coin was a search I done at https://www.acsearch.info/

 

Yes I just seen a similar one but not as good in CNG archives, I definitely think we are on the right track.

 

Thank-you, everyone, (esp. Gil-galad )
I didn't come across SNG Cop. 119 in my travels until you pointed me to it.
Thanks, again.

 

Btw OP, billon is a mixture of silver and copper. Electrum is the mixture with gold in it. Any "gold specks" you might see would be from overcleaned copper or brass.