I mainly collect 'modern' world coins, but every once in a while I just have to do some shopping on VCoins. These are a few of my recent purchases - a couple of Alexander tetradrachms, an Antony legionary denarius, and a Sulla denarius I just reimaged. I had some trouble photographing the first Alexander tet, and had to mess around with the lighting and angle a few times before I got a picture that was close to in-hand. I eventually settled on tilting the coin at a very steep angle into diffuse light. Would be interested to hear what techniques others use for photographing ultra high-relief coins.
very nice ancient coins volante, i have to agree with paul m...i dig the legion denarius, but that second tet and the sulla are awesome.
Boy, those are some pretty strong purchases for someone who doesn't "really" collect ancients. Nice all around.
Nice coins. I like the first tet. If you have a good imagination and think Sulla is driving the quadriga, your coin shows a living Roman about 40 years before Julius C put his mug on the obverse of one. Not the first living Roman on a coin, but one of the first.
I LOVE them all...but that Sulla denarius has me drooling !!! My recent example of a coin of Sulla (posthoumously):
It's funny, we always want what we don't have. I have @Volante 's Sulla, but @Mikey Zee, your Sulla has me drooling!
There is some debate on this subject. Julius Caesar was the first to put his portrait on the obverse of a regular issue of Roman coinage. He was dead soon after, on the Ides of March. After JC, everyone put his face on coins. The first was several years earlier, either Titus Quinctius Flamininus (after 196 BC) or Publis Scipio (about 209 BC). There is little debate about the Flamininus coins. The British Museum has one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Quinctius_Flamininus. They are rare and were minted in gold after he defeated Macidonia in 196 BC. The Scipio coin is subject to much debate, but because I have one I choose to accept E S G Robinson's identification in Essays Mattingly in the following coin. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/spain/carthago_nova/Robinson_7p.txt The next two (or three) are on the reverse and also subject to debate. Marius was shown driving a chariot with his son on the reverse a coin by C Fundanius in 101BC, Cr 326/1. Sula was on the coin above about 20 years later.
Great coins OP, I found this thread late last night and made a jigsaw out of Sulla, I was so taken by it that I forgot to "like" the thread! I love all your coins, but that Sulla is outstanding.
Anyone interested in this Sulla can find it here. http://www.ebay.com/itm/82-B-C-L-Ma...850648?hash=item4af93920d8:g:Kt4AAOSwZQxW29pm
