I suggest you avoid flash since it is hard to previsualize the effect even when the flash has modelling lights. I have become quite fond of the...
When it comes to obscure figures, Rome has quite a few known as much from their coins as from any mark left on history. Romulus fits. Mine is...
Why do you light the portraits from below opposite of natural lighting direction? When I think of 'Greek' coinage, I do not think of portraits....
While there is merit in the advice to avoid eBay, I do suggest you 'play the game'. The seller that will not be selling you the fake Caesar has...
Volusian sestertius IVONI MARTIALI [ATTACH]
If you search back discussions of the matter you will find where TIF used expensive super black paint that reflects much less than your current...
If you read more than one account of Mithradates VI, you may note that the story is rather different when told from a Greek point of view rather...
It should surprise no one that my coin is a fourree. [ATTACH]
Publius Septimius Geta. Septimius Severus renamed his elder son after Marcus Aurelius but Geta retained the family name of the Septimii. Publius...
I do not 'collect' Islamic coins but have a few that overlap Byzantine as those shown here. My problem here is I see no brockage. I appreciate...
I consider the original photo very well done up to the point that the gimmick reflection was added. I know I am in the minority but I have no use...
The line over the legends reverse left bothers me since things like that can come from copy dies made from an off center original. That is why I...
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=531706 Is this it?
Of course. These abdication coins are not rare overall but there are rare variations and, as always, low end coins are easier to find. My low...
David, Is the style possible for a Commagene/Antioch issue? Is it certainly silver? My junker is a semis. These Eastern coins did not have SC....
'A bit bright' is a rather nice way of putting it. Some of us like coins that shine like the sun. Some like tone. Both situations can be either...
I tolerate holes but I like a hole with something inside. Titus and Domitian AE24 Stobi, Macedon, temple, holed with ancient wire loop [ATTACH]...
I have not rechecked my Parthian ID's with the latest changes and this drachm is clearly from a different mint. When I got it 25+ years ago, it...
'Tiber Patina' is one of those numismatic terms not to be taken too seriously. What happens to a coin that spent a long time in muddy water does...
I have nothing new to share but posted this coin on another thread today discussing Apollonia Pontica hemidrachms. I see the possibility that my...
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