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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2366340, member: 56859"]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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]483382[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>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:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://pixlr.com/editor/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pixlr.com/editor/" rel="nofollow">https://pixlr.com/editor/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2366340, member: 56859"]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. [ATTACH=full]483382[/ATTACH] 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: [url]https://pixlr.com/editor/[/url][/QUOTE]
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