Unfortunately the borders between natural, selectively cleaned, smoothed and tooled are not digital steps but gradual, analog questions of degree....
Since I collect so generally, I have trouble finding a system that works the same for all of the sections. I like the idea of following the order...
Mine is more complex with added dots and an extra line in the center 'pi'. Meaning? [ATTACH]
Salonina Alexandria 4dr [ATTACH] Next: a relatively inconsequential ruler whose absence might not be missed by history
I particularly like the large flan that retains so much of the reverse legend. Mine is more normal and missing significant legend. Most of these...
Am I correct that two are easier to find than the single? [ATTACH]
Without referring to anything, how many emperors (defined as people who issued coins using the title Augustus) can you name? Give this same...
It is standard for cities that had full Colony status to use Latin legends and often included COL before the city name (COL VIM, COL NEM) but...
I would love to know how these fourrees circulated in their day. Did the average man on the street just not know? Did they circulate only where...
In case anyone did not get the joke here: Aorta was a trimmed down ERIC for the market of people not ready for the unabridged ERIC II. Now I am...
RIC really is not one work in ten volumes but over ten different books that share a name. Until recently we thought of it as just ten but they...
I made an image to demonstrate the point of rotating the phone. The top three were shot with the built in light which on my phone is just above...
The problem I see is people who read CT on phones would need a second phone to read the QR. The good part is that I don't have to cut and paste...
I had to try it. Thanks for the link. Does this work? [ATTACH]
Another view of the same type: [ATTACH]
I am embarrassed that I forgot I had this one. It shows different letter spacings and style but adds nothing to the topic except to show another...
Those are very good images for a phone. How did you light them? The thin shadow suggest a point source light very close to the lens. It might...
I most certainly misunderstood the purpose of this thread. I doubt I will live to see computer assisted attribution to a level I would find...
There are many denarii of Pescennius Niger but no genuine Imperial bronzes. There are rare Provincial bronzes but I have none. [ATTACH] Next: a...
Isn't that modern Greek? My professor in college hated the way the moderns made an iota out of anything. He disliked New Testament and later...
Separate names with a comma.