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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7694913, member: 19463"]I agree that this started out as a hemiobol but the missing chunk and overall erosion of the surfaces has reduced its weight significantly. Perhaps your post will remind me of my intention to photograph a series of these coins on a modern coin for scale. Will I do it? I have been losing 'weight' recently but all of it is 'between the ears'. I should do it now but it will lose out to other non-coin projects --- like breakfast. This hemiobol is a more average 0.35g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1320924[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The question: Since this is a very 'International' group, what US coin should I use? My first coin based tiny treasure was on a Lincoln cent reverse. A fell set of Athenian fractions would be crowded there. Would a US quarter dollar be as recognizable to those of you who spend Euros or Pounds (or many other things)? I know that my familiarity with a UK fraction is not good. The one below was a lot more work since the two halves were shot separately and merged in postprocessing with a seam between that made some steps wavy. It would be easier to drop four different obverses on one side of a coin and the same four reverses on the other. </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0phocentcomb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7694913, member: 19463"]I agree that this started out as a hemiobol but the missing chunk and overall erosion of the surfaces has reduced its weight significantly. Perhaps your post will remind me of my intention to photograph a series of these coins on a modern coin for scale. Will I do it? I have been losing 'weight' recently but all of it is 'between the ears'. I should do it now but it will lose out to other non-coin projects --- like breakfast. This hemiobol is a more average 0.35g. [ATTACH=full]1320924[/ATTACH] The question: Since this is a very 'International' group, what US coin should I use? My first coin based tiny treasure was on a Lincoln cent reverse. A fell set of Athenian fractions would be crowded there. Would a US quarter dollar be as recognizable to those of you who spend Euros or Pounds (or many other things)? I know that my familiarity with a UK fraction is not good. The one below was a lot more work since the two halves were shot separately and merged in postprocessing with a seam between that made some steps wavy. It would be easier to drop four different obverses on one side of a coin and the same four reverses on the other. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0phocentcomb.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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