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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3061624, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coins, everyone. </p><p><br /></p><p>My photos of a Gallienus antoninianus with Apollo.&nbsp; Equipment:&nbsp; an elderly Sony Cyber-shot and the tailgate of an even older Chevy pickup truck, lit by the Sun (billions of years old, I&#039;ve been told).&nbsp; The only photo editing I know how to use is Paint - which I use to crop, mostly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not award-winning, by any means, but the sun does work better than any artificial light I&#039;ve tried.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]768074[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]768075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gallienus&nbsp; Æ Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 267 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Antioch (or Asia) Mint</b></p><p>GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG Apollo standing facing, head left, branch downward in right hand, left elbow leaning on tripod PXV in exergue.</p><p>RIC 610; Göbl 1670k</p><p>(3.86 grams / 22 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a very green Salonina with a doe reverse, photographed with the same &quot;rig.&quot;&nbsp; There is a lot of &quot;chromatic&quot; (?) difference between this green goblin and the orange sand patina of the Gallienus above - in both cases the colors came through fairly true-to-life using natural light:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]768081[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]768082[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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