I decided to post this coin after a close shot with my new digital camera because I tend to believe that it's not listed among the Greek coins of Amisos Pontus. The coin has a knight on horseback and could be identified despite its weak condition. It weighs 5.85 g. and there could be a turreted king or goddess on the obverse. Please point your views. The shape is also nearly curved.
yeah, pish has it...it's one of these... much clearer pics 7C! don't forget about this if you want to do some editing. https://pixlr.com/editor/
Charles, I agree with Pish on both counts. It's a Macedonian bronze (probably Philip II), or possibly a contemporary imitation of a Macedonian bronze. Pointing the camera at the coin isn't enough, even though these images are a vast improvement over your scans. You will also need to learn how to best use lighting and how to edit your images. They need to be cropped so that there isn't a huge field of background with a tiny coin. The overall size should be adjusted as well. Aim for a final width of ~800-1000 pixels. When the images are cropped, that is more than adequate to see the coin. Here is your coin, cropped, adjusted for rotation, and with obverse + reverse joined. There are many CoinTalk threads about how to edit pictures. If you don't have any software installed on your computer, just go to any of many free websites where you can upload your picture, edit, and re-save to your computer. Here's a good one: https://pixlr.com/editor/
Wow => horrible photo, but awesome patina on that OP-coin (great eye appeal) ... Charles, you're the only dude that takes worse photos than I do (keep-up the good work, my coin-friend)
TIF's edit shows that the camera can do its part but that the human attached to it has to chip in some effort,too. The coin is no great beauty but the photo as edited is quite acceptable.
I'm with TIF on it being an imitation, from the style on the portrait (or rather what looks like being a portrait ) Q
a super-sweet imitation (with great eye-appeal) ... kinda like my Celtic dawg => not quite, but pretty cool, eh? (I still love your patina, Charles => congrats)
