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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 7838780, member: 44357&quot;]I agree, and, in a perfect world, it&#039;d be possible to browse near-matches to find possible hits rather than assuming the algorithm&#039;s parameters are set perfectly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take this aureus for example. The first image is from the sale where I bought it; the second I took:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348082[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348083[/ATTACH] </p><p>The auction house&#039;s image is more than acceptable in my eyes. Especially knowing that Ex-Numis uses the shape of the coin, I&#039;m surprised to see any difference in efficacy.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I sent both images in and it found a match for my photograph (Ex. Munzen &amp; Medallien AG Auction 28 lot 327 (June 19, 1964)) but no matches for the auction image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, through some catalog browsing, I later found it as Sir Arthur John Evans, Ars Classica XVII, Oct 13, 1934, lot 1365.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it&#039;s ultimately not perfect (unsurprising for an AI-based system) but better than nothing and often gives a decent hint for where to start looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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