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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4144210, member: 96898"]Good thread! </p><p><br /></p><p>That actually leads me to a question: I have serious problems taking good (or even acceptable) pictures of my AE coins with a black or dark brown patina. Believe it or not, the coins below are actually very attractive examples in hand. So, looking at the gorgeous pictures above, I wonder what I am doing wrong. Do you maybe have any advice for me?</p><p><br /></p><p>This one if fully black:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1071308[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Maximian (struck under Maxentius), Roman Empire, AE1 ("follis"), 307–308 AD, Ticinum mint. Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, head of Maximian, laureate, r. Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE; Roma seated in hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre; in exergue, TT. 27mm, 5.83g. Ref: RIC VI Ticinum 92. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is chocolate brown (but think dark chocolate, the bitter one that goes well with strawberries and Pinot):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071307[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">City Commemorative under Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 332–333 AD, Arles mint. Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLIS; bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, l. holding spear in r. hand. Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing l. on prow, holding long sceptre in r. hand and resting l. hand on shield; triple branch r.; in exergue, SCONST. Ref: RIC VII Arelate 369.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4144210, member: 96898"]Good thread! That actually leads me to a question: I have serious problems taking good (or even acceptable) pictures of my AE coins with a black or dark brown patina. Believe it or not, the coins below are actually very attractive examples in hand. So, looking at the gorgeous pictures above, I wonder what I am doing wrong. Do you maybe have any advice for me? This one if fully black: [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1071308[/ATTACH] Maximian (struck under Maxentius), Roman Empire, AE1 ("follis"), 307–308 AD, Ticinum mint. Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, head of Maximian, laureate, r. Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE; Roma seated in hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre; in exergue, TT. 27mm, 5.83g. Ref: RIC VI Ticinum 92. [/SIZE] This one is chocolate brown (but think dark chocolate, the bitter one that goes well with strawberries and Pinot): [ATTACH=full]1071307[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]City Commemorative under Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 332–333 AD, Arles mint. Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLIS; bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, l. holding spear in r. hand. Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing l. on prow, holding long sceptre in r. hand and resting l. hand on shield; triple branch r.; in exergue, SCONST. Ref: RIC VII Arelate 369.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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