zumbly, you may very well be correct, and your rationale makes perfect sense if we're thinking of a conventional Roman branch. But Elagabalus was...
"Ghost of Elagabalus" got my attention! I like that ghostly clashed die. I don't have a clashed-die Elagabalus yet. Someday, hopefully! Here's my...
My only Orbiana is a limes. [ATTACH] Orbiana. Æ “limes” denarius, imitating Rome mint, c. 225–6 CE; 19mm, 3.02g, 6h. cf. BMCRE 287–90, cf. RIC...
What is your method for "baking"? Could that hurt the coins? Yours look nice with Renwax applied. I had never considered it before. Just curious...
Uh oh... Now the secret is out!
I work with Photoshop too, and this is basically the method I use. Although I use a pre-sized "template" image, which is just a white background...
My only Gordian: [ATTACH] Gordian III. AR antoninianus, Rome, 241 CE; 21mm, 4.42g, 1h. RIC 88, RSC 250. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; radiate,...
Those tabs are really distracting. They interrupt the visual flow of the coin and become really the dominant thing I see when I look at a slabbed...
I love finding minor varieties. It's exciting! It's a discovery! There's a thrill to owning something you know may be the only one known, or super...
Agreed. Why bother to post a pic that no one sees? There's no point in that.
I recently photographed all of my coins over a period of several weeks, which included image editing and naming the files in such a way that they...
I agree with all three points. I do especially think that the second coin has a finer-style portrait. For example, compare the rendering of the...
Philip the Arab's son was Philip II
Usually a coin from dealer stock, which the dealer acquired at auction, will be marked up to perhaps double the auction result. Sometimes much...
Auction results versus dealer asking prices or offers from dealers? You're selling at a coin show to dealers? $100 auction coin will fetch $40...
Wow, these sunlit-coin photos turned out very well. Nice work for some nice coins!
Very educational post! Now I understand why Ceres carries both grain ears and torch.
[ATTACH] Julia Domna. AR denarius, Rome mint, struck 196–211 CE; 3.25g. BMCRE S10, RIC S546, RSC 14. Obv: IVLIA – AVGVSTA; draped bust right. Rx:...
Here's my Domna version: [ATTACH] Julia Domna. AR denarius, Rome, 196–211 CE; 18mm, 3.30g, 8h. BMCRE S58–9, RIC S568, RSC 131. Obv: IVLIA –...
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