Very nice coin and I bet it set you back a pretty penny. Good info to go along with it.
I haven't changed cameras but I have been busy re-imaging my coins as well. And I am learning a lot about my camera as I go. I am having fun...
I thought it was cookies???? Where's the cake?
I can't help to id the coin, but it just so happens I was re-imaging a Marcus Aurelius Sestertius when you posted this thread today. I love it...
This is a tough coin to image. It's got a thick brown patina and it's so small. I'll keep trying.
Out of the horses mouth and into his ears????
I decided I did not like the image of the Vespasian RIC 685 above, so here is the second attempt: [ATTACH]
Here are a couple more of my inverted legend Vespasian: [ATTACH] VESPASIAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG, laureate head right...
Oh bull.......
All would make my top 10 too without a doubt. Nice coins all.
Well here is my only Leo I. It is suppose to have a lion reverse, but I'll be darn if I can see it: [ATTACH]
My right facing version: [ATTACH] VESPASIAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right REVERSE: ANNONA AVG, Annona...
Nice. Great detail. Almost 3D in the facial features.
"Don't look Ethel! Too late. She done been mooned" [MEDIA]
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I love the style of these coins, but I have stayed away because of the number of fakes identified. Good luck with this one.
Oh yeah! But that's a story for another day Mikey.
Nice i am T
Here is another I had forgotten about and I didn't remember the detail in the "trophy": OLD: [ATTACH] NEW: [ATTACH] SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR...
A real beauty iamT
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