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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3608576, member: 56859"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The worst-condition Isis/winged Osiris is the first I acquired and naturally one of the best examples out there appeared almost immediately afterwards. I bought it too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn't post them until securing an example with the Isis-Osiris-Nephtys reverse because that coin would be part of the writeup and I didn't want to create competition for the infrequently seen issue. The average appearance over the last couple of decades had averaged one per year but in clusters. I wrote to a couple of dealers asking them to help me hunt and they basically said, yeah, good luck. Amazingly, not one but three came up for sale over the next few months! I forgot to add another coin to the ones shown in the video-- <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ralph_demarco/47/product/melita_218175_bc__29mm__mummy_of_osiris_between_winged_figures_of_isis_and_nephtys/970690/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ralph_demarco/47/product/melita_218175_bc__29mm__mummy_of_osiris_between_winged_figures_of_isis_and_nephtys/970690/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">for sale on Vcoins</a>. Another example came up for auction right around the same time and I managed to snag it (and then another one for a great price shortly thereafter!). Hmm, it looks like someone has recently bit on the Vcoins example-- it is now "reserved".</p><p><br /></p><p>At the risk of sounding superstitious, things seem to come in threes so maybe that's it for this type for the next year or two. Then again, with people like me paying embarrassing prices for these coins, maybe more will come out of the woodwork.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that struck me was the lack of repeat appearances of the Isis-Osiris-Nephtys coin in archives. When people acquire them they seem to hang on to them! I haven't finished searching archives for all examples of the Isis/winged deity example to see if the situation is similar.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Me too, and there is much more written than I touched on in the video although without any agreement.</p><p><br /></p><p>His headdress looks more like a Pschent (double crown of Egypt) than an Atef crown (the usual headdress worn by Osiris) and he is holding a crook (sceptre?) and flail-- symbols of royalty. Is this a meaningful difference? I don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966236[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The images of this particular coin are edited from the seller. I shot the coin a while back and didn't edit them. When I finally took a look they weren't good. Now the coins are in storage and I can't reshoot. I'm in Texas at the moment and flew my entire collection with me... now they are in a bank's safe deposit box. I miss being able to fondle them at will! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm anticipating moving back to the States by the end of the year and didn't want to deal with the coins during the main move, plus I didn't want the anxiety of protecting them during another hurricane season.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm using VideoPad and don't remember how I chose it. It got the job done but wasn't easy and the audio mixing was utilitarian at best. I had no control over audio tracks other than start/end time and options to fade in or out. I'd really like to be able to have full control over faders so sound could be raised and lowered, not just on/off. Because of the limitations of VideoPad (or maybe just my ability to use it), I only have music in the intro and outro of this video.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have a good microphone with me nor my analog to digital convertor so I had to record the narration on my cell phone as voice memos and then dump them onto the video editing pad. The sound quality could be better but at least the phone didn't ring and my mom's dogs didn't bark <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As always, a clever turn of phrase <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, those megaliths are interesting!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3608576, member: 56859"]:D The worst-condition Isis/winged Osiris is the first I acquired and naturally one of the best examples out there appeared almost immediately afterwards. I bought it too :oops:. I couldn't post them until securing an example with the Isis-Osiris-Nephtys reverse because that coin would be part of the writeup and I didn't want to create competition for the infrequently seen issue. The average appearance over the last couple of decades had averaged one per year but in clusters. I wrote to a couple of dealers asking them to help me hunt and they basically said, yeah, good luck. Amazingly, not one but three came up for sale over the next few months! I forgot to add another coin to the ones shown in the video-- [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ralph_demarco/47/product/melita_218175_bc__29mm__mummy_of_osiris_between_winged_figures_of_isis_and_nephtys/970690/Default.aspx']for sale on Vcoins[/URL]. Another example came up for auction right around the same time and I managed to snag it (and then another one for a great price shortly thereafter!). Hmm, it looks like someone has recently bit on the Vcoins example-- it is now "reserved". At the risk of sounding superstitious, things seem to come in threes so maybe that's it for this type for the next year or two. Then again, with people like me paying embarrassing prices for these coins, maybe more will come out of the woodwork. One thing that struck me was the lack of repeat appearances of the Isis-Osiris-Nephtys coin in archives. When people acquire them they seem to hang on to them! I haven't finished searching archives for all examples of the Isis/winged deity example to see if the situation is similar. Me too, and there is much more written than I touched on in the video although without any agreement. His headdress looks more like a Pschent (double crown of Egypt) than an Atef crown (the usual headdress worn by Osiris) and he is holding a crook (sceptre?) and flail-- symbols of royalty. Is this a meaningful difference? I don't know. [ATTACH=full]966236[/ATTACH] The images of this particular coin are edited from the seller. I shot the coin a while back and didn't edit them. When I finally took a look they weren't good. Now the coins are in storage and I can't reshoot. I'm in Texas at the moment and flew my entire collection with me... now they are in a bank's safe deposit box. I miss being able to fondle them at will! :( I'm anticipating moving back to the States by the end of the year and didn't want to deal with the coins during the main move, plus I didn't want the anxiety of protecting them during another hurricane season. I'm using VideoPad and don't remember how I chose it. It got the job done but wasn't easy and the audio mixing was utilitarian at best. I had no control over audio tracks other than start/end time and options to fade in or out. I'd really like to be able to have full control over faders so sound could be raised and lowered, not just on/off. Because of the limitations of VideoPad (or maybe just my ability to use it), I only have music in the intro and outro of this video. I don't have a good microphone with me nor my analog to digital convertor so I had to record the narration on my cell phone as voice memos and then dump them onto the video editing pad. The sound quality could be better but at least the phone didn't ring and my mom's dogs didn't bark :D. As always, a clever turn of phrase :joyful::joyful:. Yeah, those megaliths are interesting!![/QUOTE]
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