He does look short, or at least short-necked. To me he resembles a garden gnome. [ATTACH]
Greek. I think it is from Kebren, in Troas. Apollo/ram's head.
Magic soup? Please elaborate. A weak acid?
An observation about radiate crowns: I wondered if these actually existed and if they were ever worn by emperors. Googling the question led to...
Shallow? I don't know, but perhaps biased... :D [ATTACH]
:D What's even more strange is that the word my fingers autotype is incorrect for both the emperor and the word meaning "after death".
I bought one of the other Providentias last summer at the World's Fair of Money. At the time, I'd forgotten that I already had a Postumus...
I've been rummaging through dozens of neglected mixed lot purchases and came upon this coin. Although @zumbly brought its rarity to my attention...
How can any coin collector not love ancient coins? Baffling. :D Oh well, more for me!!
Good point. Corrected.
No Sinopes for me :( But Amisos? Sure! :D [IMG] Plus this locally-purchased decapitation scene bronze which cleaned up beautifully! Before...
:wideyed::wideyed::wideyed: Wow!! Fantastic :) These curly-winged horses and pigs always remind me of biology genetics labs, breeding...
I like it!!
Great new coin, Mat! Interesting reverse. I have only this one coin of The Other Trajan. He looks rather sad about that :D. [ATTACH] Trajan...
Nice virtual tray! My favorites: 1. Burma seashell 2. Aesilla tetradrachm 3. Harshavardana
Absolutely fantastic coin and writeup! The iridescent red toning around the chariot is a particularly nice and appropriate accent. Personal...
[IMG] Dunno, but it sounds like the issue has been fixed in subsequent shots or processing.
That is so bizarre. Have you shot any coins since then? Do they have the same texture? Clearly that texture is not on the coin, it is something...
Maybe you don't need to reshoot it, just reprocess it. Which photo editor are you using? If Pixlr, it looks like you accidentally placed an...
Yeah, what's that weird texture overlay on the new images? Sorry, Bing... this one needs a reshoot! :) (Does the smiley face soften the message...
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