In a post I just made in another thread, I mentioned an old coin in my collection which I hadn't photographed yet. It's definitely been a recurring theme in the last year or two that my coin buying has outpaced my ability to photograph them. Since slowing down on purchases (somewhat) this year, I've been trying to catch up with the photography side of things. It's really not my strong suit, but having made some headway in the past week, I thought I'd share some of these coins that I've never shown before here. The earliest is a May 2015 acquisition, and the most recent (the last two below) just arrived today. Enjoy and please feel free to comment or share anything that you'd like to ! CARUS AE Antoninianus. 3.98g, 21.4mm. Cyzicus mint, AD 282-283. RIC V2 118. O: IMP CM AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: CLEMENTIA . TEMP, Emperor receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter; gamma in field, XXI in exergue. BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom Hermaios I AR Tetradrachm. 9.39g, 25.7mm. Posthumous issue struck by Indo-Skythians near Kabul, circa 90-70 BC. Senior Hermaios Issue 30; Bopearachchi Série 12B; SNG ANS 1393. O: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣOTHΡOΣ EΡMAIOΥ, draped and diademed bust right. R: "Maharajasa tratarasa Hermayasa" in Kharosthi script, Zeus seated half-left, holding sceptre; monogram to right. ROMAN REPUBLIC, Anonymous Issue AR Denarius. 4.11g, 16.6mm. Rome mint, circa 157-156 BC. Crawford 197/1a; Sydenham 376; RBW 846. O: Helmeted head of Roma right; X behind. Victory, holding goad, driving biga right; [ROMA] in exergue. CAMPANIA, Neapolis Rare. AR Triobol. 1.32g, 14.3mm. CAMPANIA, Neapolis, circa 300-275 BC. Sambon 554; SNG France 811; ANS 424; HN Italy 580. O: Laureate head of Apollo right. R: Nike driving biga right. CARACALLA AE24. 7.82g, 23.7mm. THRACE, Serdica, circa AD 198-217. Varbanov 2474 var. (obverse bust type). O: AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC, radiate head right. R: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. CORINTHIA, Corinth AR Drachm. 2.65g, 15.3mm. Circa 500-450 BC. BCD Corinth 30; SNG Copenhagen 16. O: Pegasos flying right. R: Head of Aphrodite right, in incuse square. OTACILIA SEVERA AR Antoninianus. 4.9g, 22.8mm. Rome mint, AD 244-246. RIC IV 120b. O: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed, draped bust on crescent right. R: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing left, raising right hand and holding box of perfumes.
i'm in the same boat Z, i'm catching up on my photography. i'm almost there, but since i've switched to using the sun as my light source, i've got to wait for a clear day to take my last pic! cool archaic aphrodite and i always like a nice green provincial. several on my list...carus, OS, roma denarius.
We get diffused sunlight in the Pacific Northwest. Great photos zumbly. Very inspiring, especially the bronze.
Thanks for the comments, everyone. The Corinth drachm is a favorite of mine as well. I'd been looking for the right one for a long time before this one showed up. For reasons beyond my understanding, it's much harder to find a well-preserved drachm in decent metal than it is a stater. Haha - I've done the opposite and switched to lamp light. It's allowed me to photograph at night, which has definitely sped up the whole process. Unfortunately, I think my pics of bronze coins still turn out better when I have sunlight as my primary source.
I have given up with the sunlight. It tends to be fleeting here, at best. It is a great feeling when you finally "get the shot". My photos have vastly improved, thanks to Doug, but they still have room for improvement. Practice, practice, practice
Good group. Keep working and you'll get caught up just in time to start over thinking you can do even better. That is the story of my life. I am working on upgrading a few that have given trouble in the past whil waiting for new subjects to arrive. This siglos is easy on the face but hard to get pleasing on the edges. It is a lump and should look like it.
That is a very cool siglos... the striarations / flow marks make the king look like he is running like the Flash in comic books. Strobe light motion...
There's just no pleasing some people . That siglos has wonderful character and is one of the nicest I've seen. I understand that some coins are more photogenic than, but in this case I'm pretty sure that how much I like it has plenty to do with the photographer.