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<p>[QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 24681663, member: 114824"]Dang, the reverse was no help at all. Absolutely a beautiful cross though, and good images (which was your original intent). My next best guess based on what I can see of the legends would be Marcian.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that's not it then I will admit defeat on the attribution. There's no mint, most of the legend appears to be mangled, on the edge or off flan. If it were mine, it would probably end up in the IDK pile. Who is it and how do you know?</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to the image issue. I have almost 50 images of my coin on my hard drive, taken by me, my wife, my daughter, and her husband on 4 different camera (phones). None are really any good. I have tried using a makeshift setup with books and a bottlecap and the camera's delay feature. I have tried shining light directly onto the coin, I have tried using flash. Literally every thing I could think to try, but no bueno. The coin is so tiny and thin and the surface so rough. I've even thought about hiring a professional photographer to use a high res/high def camera on it, but probably can't afford it. I just got a new phone last month with a strong zoom feature that I haven't tried yet. It's worth a shot anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 24681663, member: 114824"]Dang, the reverse was no help at all. Absolutely a beautiful cross though, and good images (which was your original intent). My next best guess based on what I can see of the legends would be Marcian. If that's not it then I will admit defeat on the attribution. There's no mint, most of the legend appears to be mangled, on the edge or off flan. If it were mine, it would probably end up in the IDK pile. Who is it and how do you know? Getting back to the image issue. I have almost 50 images of my coin on my hard drive, taken by me, my wife, my daughter, and her husband on 4 different camera (phones). None are really any good. I have tried using a makeshift setup with books and a bottlecap and the camera's delay feature. I have tried shining light directly onto the coin, I have tried using flash. Literally every thing I could think to try, but no bueno. The coin is so tiny and thin and the surface so rough. I've even thought about hiring a professional photographer to use a high res/high def camera on it, but probably can't afford it. I just got a new phone last month with a strong zoom feature that I haven't tried yet. It's worth a shot anyway.[/QUOTE]
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