I got around to photographing the Litra this morning. Syracuse, circa 390 BC AE Litra Obverse: Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet,...
Very nice! Very well struck.
Would that include Carthage in the 4th century? It certainly isn't Rome. Edit - I see that the provincial mints ended in the 270s. Subsequent...
That's one of the best green patinas that I have seen on a Byzantine follis in a long time! A great coin! You can find some really good bargains...
Better late than never, here are some folles of his: Constantinople, year 7 (588-589 AD) [ATTACH] Cyzicus, Year 1 (but could be 2), (582-583...
[ATTACH] Next: Your numero Uno tetradrachm.
I've been collecting coin since 1980, and the more I collect, the less I know, so I'm out!
Actually, his name in English could be Joe Green, at the extremely informal level, but I doubt that he would have appreciated that, who knows!
Yup, aka Giuseppe Verdi.
Thank you. The coin is not in the best of shape: edge splits, horn silver deposits and cleaning, but the portrait is in fine style and the...
Thanks for the heads up! I ordered a bottle yesterday. Actually, when I first saw the name Verdicare, I thought it was for a rest home for...
That's a very nice coin to start your Syracuse collection. It is hard to find other contemporary coinage with such artistry in just about all...
Very nice! That single assayer date is much rarer than 1825.
Beautiful doubloon!
Yes, Photoshop has a shake reduction tool, which can be selected in automatic mode or manually. I've never reached absolute sharpness. Perhaps...
I got around to photographing my Potosi, Bolivia 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, assayer J. This is the rare single assayer for 1825. The double...
Your photos are pretty good, actually. Here is your first photo that I edited with Photoshop haze reduction tool for the entire image, and shake...
Because, according to Wikipedia, crushing the shell yielded the famous Phoenician royal purple color, which made the cloth dyed in this color so...
I have found using flash is a trade off with by SLR. On the plus side are greater depth definition and faster shutter speed. One the negative...
Nice coin, scraggy beard and all, Donna. This is my lone Septimius Severus tetradrachm, via Roma. All of his tetradrachms are scarce to rare,...
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