I should not have read that while eating lunch.
The first set is all really good in terms of white balance. The only issue is that on certain automatic settings, especially using macro, the...
Your camera might have a manual white balance feature, in which you take a pic of the background, and the camera learns that as white. The...
Hey, those pics look great, Jwt! Are you using a white background?
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It's a good thing too. Turkey has very strict laws concerning the exportation of antiquities. If you had been caught smuggling out real coins, you...
Fakes, every one.
Yes, and I don't think it's an error because I found several coins, of this type and others, that use the spelling. Furthermore, the spelling is...
Yeah, these big coins are fun. I had the same reaction when I first started collecting ancients - I had bought a handful of smaller Constantinian...
I was not aware of the Chronography of 354. Thanks for the link!
You're easily swayed by eunuchs?
A very interesting idea. I've downloaded the paper, but it's quite long. I'll have to reserve comment until I've read it.
Constantius spent his entire reign putting out fires. It's not paranoia if everyone really is out to get you, and if you're the Roman emperor,...
And this Phoenix-on-globe type was something I won on eBay a few days ago. It's on its way, seller's pic... [ATTACH]
I am very shallow sometimes, but if I owned your two AMB coins, they would most definitely be my favorites!
There are various Vota types - look for ones with well-struck reverses. Doug raises a very good question: why so much variety in the bronze but...
The series with Spes reverse was very short-lived. Not too many halfway decent examples exist, but many very rough ones. This one is pretty good...
Phoenix on mound - very glossy black patina on this coin, tough to image but beautiful in hand, especially in the sunlight... [ATTACH]
Here's a sea-green campgate with some silvering... [ATTACH]
Here is my favorite FH of Constantius II - a stylish engraving, well-struck, centered, jade-like patina. Yup, definitely my favorite FH... [ATTACH]
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