Turning the head back really helped fit the animal on the round flan. You see that on many Greek coins. I suspect that is why we even today...
chrsmat71 was definitely correct about it being Severus Alexander.
I've tried many various methods of shielding the light from reaching the base where there is black fabric/foam/paper. It is much harder when the...
I agree but would say it in the opposite way. As it becomes obvious which houses will pass along such coins without mention, it is obvious who...
"Svoronos has suggested (Ephemeris, 1899; N. C., 1890, 332) that the obv. type may represent Io in cow-form crossing the Bosporus, symbolized by...
Today, a box of film costs more than I paid for my 8x10 view camera. Digital has been a boon to impoverished photographers. The quality of the...
There are two skill that serve well in photography. One is being able to see good photos before they are taken; the other is to recognize them...
This next version is with both the directional light and the ring used together as I would for most ancients. This is a coin that changes greatly...
top = directional bottom = ring The difference is not what I expected. Perhaps the answer will be a mix even on this coin. It will not be...
Who remembers the good old days when we were naive and thought there were only a million of them? Ten million is probably closer but it makes no...
I shoot on black. White backgrounds lower contrast by adding flare which is not a good way to lower contrast. Exposure compensation means...
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