Would someone run through why we see Constans II and Constans III ID's both coming to power in 641? I see more than one reference to III. Is...
Parthians: Mithradates II [ATTACH] Vologases VI - beard overlaps circle of dots [ATTACH]
This thread has covered themiddle period rather well so I'll add the ends. Caracalla and Geta as young Caesars: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Posthumous...
The question is whether the coin was struck in base metal and then gilded or cast and then gilded. Making a struck fake is more work and suggests...
Kitchen window or lamp?
I believe my most unusual strike is the Magnentius flipover doublestrike where the first strike was a brockage so the coin has one obverse and...
Did the listing comment on the doublestrike or countermark?
In my earlier days in the hobby, I got a lot of enjoyment out of Historia Numorum. I even bought the slender separate 'Illustrations' volume of...
I have no idea what you are trying to prevent. The natural color for silver 2000 years old is nearly black. Most bright coins we see have been...
I had no use for the M series when it came out since I had already moved to full frame and was not moving back to a crop series that used...
For those of us on a budget that does not allow gold, there are Gupta silvers which are small and cheap but look nothing like the gold shown...
This Marcianopolis dates from the period that Septimius was deluding himself that the two boys would grow up peacefully. Had he succeeded, Rome...
I suspect the softness and edge (sprue?) chip drove off some people. Others might really value the top line of legend that names the ruler in...
There are so very many variations on this theme with different poses and ages of the riders. Some have special minor devices like the elephant....
I only have one Marius and no intent to have more unless, like this one, the seller listed it as a Claudius II. I would have told the guy but he...
All are excellent coins but the Licinius has a very nice reverse compared to some. I suspect it is worth what you paid for the lot.
Quite a few of the under $20 3 tube sets start with a 13mm tube and have contacts but there is no reason ever to shoot coins handheld. Some...
I would have rotated the Septimius just a bit counterclockwise so the light came more from above and before the face rather than behind it....
Your hands shadow the background fooling the camera into lightening the exposure. I see the light Valentinian washed out but using manual...
I find the first a bit light, the second lighted from a less desirable direction making the face darker and the third too contrasty. I might try...
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