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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 7952820, member: 83175"]Thanks - it's a large and thick medal - about 44mm in diameter and weighs 34g.</p><p>The engraver (I. Bianchi - Giuseppe - Iosephus - Bianchi) made a great job of creating a 3D effect - you really look into the medal and the nave of the church stretches off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck under Pius IX from 1873, so too modern for this group. Still - issued in Rome by a Pontifex Maximus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/105937.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/105937.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/105937.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The second photo' on the page below more or less the view on the medal - if you zoom in a bit and imagine it without the pews:</p><p><a href="https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/art-atlas/ancient-and-early-christian-sites-rome/san-lorenzo-fuori-le-mura" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/art-atlas/ancient-and-early-christian-sites-rome/san-lorenzo-fuori-le-mura" rel="nofollow">https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/art-atlas/ancient-and-early-christian-sites-rome/san-lorenzo-fuori-le-mura</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I presume the damage to the columns is a result of the 1943 air raid mentioned in the Wikipedia article (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lorenzo_fuori_le_mura" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lorenzo_fuori_le_mura" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lorenzo_fuori_le_mura</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are similar medals by the same engraver - including this one of St. Paul's basilica - <a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.75827" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.75827" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.75827</a> - from the ANS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, good luck with the photos - the Julia Domna shots look good. The last one and the first one on the middle line look the best to me. When you mention timer, are you setting the 'phone camera to take a photo' after a short delay so you don't have to press the shutter release and so shake it? That's certainly a good idea - if you can control it remotely or with such a delay it's much better than hand-holding it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the copystand I use - I got it secondhand with the attached lights, but usually just use the small Aputure light attached to the camera. The camera itself was secondhand, the lens new, on sale because the box was a bit squashed or something:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378080[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I raise the coin above the background and focus on it, which blurs the background.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for the messy photo' background - that was in early 2019, I've since moved the setup upstairs (not that it's necessarily less messy there!).</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 7952820, member: 83175"]Thanks - it's a large and thick medal - about 44mm in diameter and weighs 34g. The engraver (I. Bianchi - Giuseppe - Iosephus - Bianchi) made a great job of creating a 3D effect - you really look into the medal and the nave of the church stretches off. Struck under Pius IX from 1873, so too modern for this group. Still - issued in Rome by a Pontifex Maximus :D [URL]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/105937.php[/URL] The second photo' on the page below more or less the view on the medal - if you zoom in a bit and imagine it without the pews: [URL]https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/art-atlas/ancient-and-early-christian-sites-rome/san-lorenzo-fuori-le-mura[/URL] I presume the damage to the columns is a result of the 1943 air raid mentioned in the Wikipedia article ([URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lorenzo_fuori_le_mura[/URL]) There are similar medals by the same engraver - including this one of St. Paul's basilica - [URL]http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.75827[/URL] - from the ANS. Anyway, good luck with the photos - the Julia Domna shots look good. The last one and the first one on the middle line look the best to me. When you mention timer, are you setting the 'phone camera to take a photo' after a short delay so you don't have to press the shutter release and so shake it? That's certainly a good idea - if you can control it remotely or with such a delay it's much better than hand-holding it. This is the copystand I use - I got it secondhand with the attached lights, but usually just use the small Aputure light attached to the camera. The camera itself was secondhand, the lens new, on sale because the box was a bit squashed or something: [ATTACH=full]1378080[/ATTACH] I raise the coin above the background and focus on it, which blurs the background. Apologies for the messy photo' background - that was in early 2019, I've since moved the setup upstairs (not that it's necessarily less messy there!). ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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