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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eric Kondratieff, post: 2445469, member: 78618&quot;]As a for instance, I append first the original photo upon which I based a bid for a recent acquisition, and then my two photos (still not awesome, but more representative) of the actual coin (a quartuncia from 217-215 BCE, Rome&#039;s smallest [nominal] denomination at 1/480th of a denarius!). To be fair, the dealer, who is very reputable and also willing to discuss what the coin actually looks like, has mentioned that it&#039;s difficult to get photos that indicate the true condition of a coin that don&#039;t also exaggerate its flaws (especially tiny coins like this one once increased in size 10x!). BTW, the orangey color on the quarter is because I used ambient light through my den window to take the photo, and it happened to be sunset, so....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510374[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]510375[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]510376[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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