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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eng, post: 2293119, member: 44227&quot;]Well we have less than two weeks till Christmas eve, so as we get all the lights and tree up get the Christmas Roast. i had a thought how bout making some Christmas ornaments of Roman and Greek coins to hang on the tree. </p><p>&nbsp;I have been working on finding out how these coins were made, i just can&#039;t believe some guys over 1500 years carved out bronze to make dies and coins that we see today.</p><p>So i grabbed Z&#039;s Ephesus Silver Bee and carved out a die and struck me some Christmas ornaments.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ( the first thing i learned you have to do it backwards).<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia, Ephesus.. AD.2015&nbsp; </p><p>Obv. Bee</p><p>90mm x over 50g.</p><p>My carved die</p><p>[ATTACH=full]459826[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Struck coin in gold.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459828[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Struck in silver.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459829[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the real fake patina..<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459830[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason my wife won&#039;t let me hang them from the tree.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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