One of my favorite coins. Masterpiece, I don't know, but a very attractive Larissa drachm with CircCam toning. :-) [ATTACH] Another of my...
I photographed this Phillip II tetradrachm long ago and pasted up the obverse and reverse like so: [ATTACH] I always thought the coin looked...
That is a nice example, only a few 100 more years and it will develop some good cracks! It is so true how there is so much variation in patinas....
Looking at this Byzantine Follis attributed to Romanus III it struck me that its patina looks a lot like old, cracked leather. It has the exact...
That is an awesome medallion. Thanks for sharing. I like how Alexander is rolling his eyes at the suggestion that Caracalla is in any way related...
Thanks for the description and samples. John
Nice tray shot! A good set whether unintentional or not. John
Great job and a nice looking coin! Could you tell it had silvering before you started to clean it? How did you clean it? John
Nice! John
Looks like Ptolemaic eagle style but hard to say in that condition. John
I still need one of these. What does a good VF with decent style cost nowadays? John
I never knew these types existed. I love them! That is a great patina on your coin @zumbly . An interesting write up, thanks for posting it. I...
Trying google search using the Chrome browser, I came up with this: [ATTACH] The first part of the search results are all misses. The third...
As a variation on your idea @Kentucky I tried image searching using the Edge browser from Microsoft, which uses the Bing search engine. Look what...
Well that is the idea. I think it helps to try to take auction photo like images, not sure how to describe that exactly. Most auction photos,...
I am a big fan of acsearch for identifying and researching coins. I am not sponsored by acsearch but if they want to fly me to auctions in Europe...
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