Hi all, I'm almost there with ID-ing this provincial (my first!), a large bronze (?) Severus Alexander (?) from Moesia Inferior (?). First, the photo's, again photographed in the evening with bad lighting: the coin shows way more luster and almost black patina in daylight. Weight: 9.40 g Diameter 25 mm So the coin shows similarity with this one from Agora auctions: https://agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/7564, but the portrait is somewhat different (which is of course not uncommon with provincials, as I've learned). The eagle looks comparable. Any help would again be appreciated!
Looks like it to me. Markianopolis. I've lightened your pictures and joined them. You'll get more people looking and helping if you put full-size images in the post, preferably cropped and joined. 1000 pixels wide for a side-by-side shot is generally large enough. Here's a similar coin from CNG's archives: MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (26mm, 9.73 g, 6h). Tiberius Julius Festus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. H&J 6.32.1.9; Varbanov 1801. VF, green and brown patina, flan crack.
Ha Tif, thanks for doing so, and also thanks for confirming my initial ID. General (silly) question: how to combine the two pictures together?
You can do it with most any photo editing program. I use Photoshop Elements (software you have to purchase). Pixlr is a free online photo editor. Others here know of and use other free programs, perhaps easier to use than Pixlr. @chrsmat did a video tutorial some time ago... I'll see if I can find it for you.
Here's @chrsmat71's video tutorial of how to crop and join coin photos in Pixlr (the older version of Pixlr, I think, but it is still available for use). There are many ways doing it so you might play around with Pixlr and tweak the process.
