Yep, I found the phrase "...cleaning the hopeless..." to be a tad pejorative, despite its fundamental accuracy. Personally, I enjoy seeing...
I've wondered about the accuracy of coin portraits for as long as I've been collecting ancients. The fundamental question is: how can anyone know...
I actually have a "provincial" coin from Ephesus: [ATTACH] MARC ANTONY & OCTAVIAN, 42 B.C. AV Aureus (8.12 gm.) Ephesus mint, 41 B.C. Crawford...
Thanks to both of you. The drop shadows really add depth to the picture: [ATTACH]
Agreed -- I like this version better too. Are you suggesting I add a drop shadow to all 101 obverses and reverses? Is there a way to do this in...
OK, so this is a quasi-repost, but I thought it would be interesting to make a Photoshop collage of all my coins in their accurate relative sizes....
[ATTACH] TITUS 69 - 79 A.D. AV Aureus (7.39 g.) Rome mint 73 A.D. RIC Vespasian 857 T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN Laureate head r. Rev. COS V Cow...
My coin collection is small (52 coins) so I'm able to display them all, obverse and reverse: [ATTACH]
I see what TIF is pointing out, and I tend to agree. Look at the legends on the bottom coin: they have very good relief (depth), yet their top...
Just noticed this image is 2560 x 1600 -- exactly the native resolution of my external Apple HD Cinema Display. Same monitor?
Yep, see it now... just missed it earlier. My bad. All the coins seem roughly the same size -- did you try a collage with each coin displayed in...
Personally, I prefer the obverse of the Kyrene stater with the forward-facing quadriga. You need to re-do this picture immediately! ;-) Really,...
This happens more often than you might think, and it's both educational and amusing to see the same coin that sold for, say, $150 two years ago...
It's natural for any collector to ask how to value his/her coins. ACSEARCH will display the hammer price of coins sold at auction, but it charges...
Galba struck some of the most artistic bronzes of the 12 Caesars: [ATTACH] GALBA 68 - 69 A.D. AE Sestertius (28.10 g.) Rome late summer 68 AD...
Yeh... be careful with coins around that dog... you may end up with your hands full. (That's as much of a scatalogical joke as I'll ever post...).
Whenever I commit an egregious mistake on this forum, I always channel the great Emily Litella (from early Saturday Night Live episodes): Oh....
Fortuna is one of my favorite Roman gods, since in contrast to most modern understanding of the word "fortune," Fortuna could bring good luck OR...
After the artifact has been thoroughly cleaned of bronze disease, I wouldn't hesitate to store it in that container WITH an effective desiccant....
[ATTACH] OCTAVIAN (AUGUSTUS) AR Denarius (3.84 g.) Brundisium & Rome (?) ca. 29 - 27 B.C. RIC 265a Bare head of Octavian right; rev. IMP -...
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