One of my favorite writeups among the many great articles you submitted during the Imperator contest! I'm in a tizzy with a too-long to-do list...
How very interesting! Thanks for the link.
Excellent summary! I haven't focused on this subset but now it seems much more interesting :D.
Well, both of the coins are coming up for auction so by posting these coins, you've potentially increased your competition and the price or drawn...
I tried a few searches when the service was unveiled and tried it again just now using the auction house images of my Entella tetradrachm. The...
Fantastic!!
Looks like it could be a Spanish 1/2 reale although I don't know enough about them to comment on authenticity. Try posting this on the World...
I was neither seller nor buyer-- just a curious onlooker.
Who is that on the reverse? It looks like auction company catalogers don't agree-- Homonoia, Concordia, Tyche, other?
Some followup: The coin was sold at auction today, part of a gun-heavy estate sold by an auction company specializing in such things. The...
:D [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
It really is spectacular. I'm smitten :).
Drop-dead gorgeous picture and coin! Even better without so much background, plus you don't have to click to enlarge the area of interest :)....
As Doug has said in the past, what a coin looks like in hand varies from moment to moment, angle to angle, room to room, light fixture to lamp,...
Isis Thermouthis: [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian AE obol, 20 mm, 5 gm regnal year 10, CE 90/91 Obv: laureate head right Rev:...
I almost always use artificial light (Ott lamp; this model for the past year) because natural light is so variable, although where I shoot is...
Hmm... I'm going to go against the grain here and say I prefer the auction house images.* I'd probably like yours better if they were lit...
A coin I never tire of showing :D: [IMG] SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles struck 310-305 BCE AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm Obv: head of the nymph...
A very appealing coin!
[IMG] Trajan Rome mint, CE 114-115 AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.7 gm Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC. Laureate and draped bust right Rev: P...
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