I really like PeteB's hemidrachm. My coin of the same city is as different as you can get except for that lovely face. Neapolis, Macedon; 500-480...
Poseidonia, fourree stater 480-400 BC This coin not only has the legends right to left but shows the archaic sigma that is turned to look like an...
Syracuse tetradrachm 17.0g 485-478 BC [ATTACH] Next: Silver coin of Magna Graecia older than the one shown here
Domitian denarius [ATTACH] Next: a fanciful marine creature
Aspendos AR stater wrestling / slinger [ATTACH] Nest: a coin with a countermark on each side
Datames. 385-362 BC, Tarsos AR stater Artemis/Ares with bull countermark of Ba'al that created a flat spot on the obverse [ATTACH] Next: Hmmm,...
Die breaks around the nose happen. Mine is a Valentinian II AE2 which seems to have a drip. [ATTACH]
The common Severus Alexander Nicaea with standards arrange the legends in various manners across the fields. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] They also come in...
Agree except I do prefer lights with high CRI ratings and lights that do not run at very hot temperatures. I still get better results with CFL...
Wonderful sestertius! My Nerva AE is a dupondius which I admit was selected largely for not being a Fortuna. [ATTACH]
I agree with the request for more on these. I found interest in the series in 2011 because did obtain Deyell (sent from India by slow, slow boat)...
Good shot of Otho. The light is right for a right facing portrait while the leftie sestertius is lit on the back of the head which I regularly...
Caracalla i AE Cute Caesar sestertius [ATTACH] Young Augustus as [ATTACH] Teen as [ATTACH] Adult but unusually pleasant as = TRP XVIII coins...
I recommend use of manual white balance. To calibrate it, you shoot a white card and teach the camera that definition of white. On my Canon...
I agree it is interesting but I have not researched it. Is there an Otho or Vitellius?
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] There are mllions of these coins occurring in thousands of shapes and sizes. Thick, thin, round, square --- each will be found...
Slabbed or not, I would be interested in statistics on how often a specific coin has sold over a period of years (10, 20, 50?) or how long it has...
Beards always seem to serve as a litmus test between the in and the out. 4th century Christians were clean shaven despite the fact that Christ was...
We will just have to disagree. Lower end coins are not worth paying $40 to have slabbed and the lower price options are not worth having....
Commodus is king of billon tetradrachms from Alexandria. Antoninus Pius holds that position for drachms. A large percentage of Commodus tets are...
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