Looks different from my other Roman Coins

Can anybody tell me if this is a Roman Coin? I can't find any hint about where this comes from.

Thanks from Ontario,

Mark

 

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I think its a provincial of Severus Alexander, hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong. similar too :

[SIZE=+1]Juliopolis[/SIZE] AE20
BMC 9 Severus Alexander AE20 of Juliopolis in Bithynia. M AVP CEVH ALEXANDPOC AVG, laureate head right / IOVLIOPOLEI-TWN, three standards.


http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/i.html

 

Nikopolis, more likely.

 

Markw - it looks different, and is very much different because it is from the series of Roman Provincial coins. These are the coins that were not produced by the main Roman 'home' mints but were produced semi-autonomously in lands that were under Roman suzerainty. The legends often are written in a different script to Latin, and on your coin the letters are Greek. This is because the province was Nicaea in Bithnya, Greece. I cannot identify the ruler, which was usually a Roman emperor but the reverse bears the three standards you find on the reverse of these coins. Pity the coin isn't in slightly better shape. But interesing coin. :thumb:

Here is a similar example found in Wildwinds

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/elagabalus/_nicaea_AE22_RecGen_571.jpg

Wildwinds link

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/bithynia/nicaea/t.html

 

Well it does seem to be from Bithnya, however there's also this one from Nicomedia...

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/_nicomedia_AE21_SNGCop_577v.jpg

 

Thanks all, for wonderful replies. I'll start more research now.

 

Just so many possibilities !

 

Flood of insight

Since you all pointed me in the right direction, I've found plenty of background on coins of this general type.

Really nice of you folks to help me out.