Vespasian is a great emperor for a specialty. He is interesting looking, has several good types and was a really significant player in history....
Why do you call a Gallienus a Gallic? He was a mainstream emperor centered in Rome. I'd save the term Gallic for Postumus, Victorinus, Tetricus...
The term I have seen applied to asses of this nature was 'Cast in Gaul'. The odd part to me is many of them were types we might call special...
http://www.trustedreviews.com/kodak-easyshare-m530-specs As I read the specs, the m530 has no manual exposure and no manual focus. I would...
Many Pertinax denarii offered in the last 20 years have been those of the Alexandria mint which come in quite a variation in metal qualities. I...
"Buy the book before the coin" works for cameras sometimes. If it has manual exposure, that would be better. What model camera do you have?
Crispus Caesar, eldest son of Constantine the Great. If you wanted more, you would have shown both sides.
Steve, my recent photos are done in a similar way but you did not notice because I dropped the two circles on black rather than white. For the...
Those that may be bothered by the rotation of the letter may want to look at some other old letter forms. This is a Sybaris with rotated sigma...
If I were looking at two coins otherwise identical I would take the uncracked one unless the price were considerably lower. However, with...
First I would like to thank you for taking over the position as most creative photographer. I might have been a contender but I don't have a dog....
When it comes to fourrees, pretty much anything goes. I remain of the opinion that some, at least, makers wanted to be able to tell their work...
As a rule the Greeks would do anything to avoid a letter combination that did not flow smoothly off the tongue. When a word form by declension or...
I'm dying to see how you write that number on the tag/envelopes.
Those who want a code may like the old letter substitution code trick. For those not familiar with the idea: Select a ten letter word that is...
Ken has the great truth here. What works for a collection of 30 perfect coins does not do as well for a lifetime accumulation of 3000 coins. My...
My wife and I enjoy a TV art series called Raiders of the Lost Art. The series focuses on paintings that have been lost or stolen and recovered...
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I failed but every so often you have to try the impossible. Of course it is no longer a photo of the coin but more of a rendering of the type...
Tooled VF coins will sell for more than untooled fines. As long as this is true we will be in danger of running out of nice fines. I sold mine...
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