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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 711264, member: 19463&quot;]Try shooting in natural daylight (not direct, bright sun but open overcast) either outside or next to a north window.&nbsp; Rotate the coin under the camera until you get the angle light that seems most flattering.&nbsp; Your reverse shows bottom light which is rarely as pleasing as top.&nbsp; Flash is hard to visualize before you shoot.&nbsp; I usually use artificial light because it allows shooting any time of day but if you are only shooting four coins, it hardly seems time to buy a lighting rig quite yet.&nbsp; Other hints:</p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/ph2008.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/ph2008.html" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/ph2008.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>TRP XX dates the coin to 156-157 AD. The reverse has been described by various workers as either Tranquillitas or Annona (I prefer Annona) standing holding a rudder and a modius filled with corn ears.&nbsp; Her left foot rests on the prow of a ship.&nbsp; Whoever she is, the type refers to the emperor&#039;s role in providing imported grain (at this period, Rome would have starved without supply ships from Egypt, etc.).&nbsp; It is a decent coin (worth the price) which I hope will be joined by many others in the years to come.</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=antoninus+pius+annona+denarius&amp;view_mode=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1#9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=antoninus+pius+annona+denarius&amp;view_mode=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1#9" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=antoninus+pius+annona+denarius+prow&amp;view_mode=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;page=1#1</a></p><p>Above is one in better condition but I think yours has nicer die work.&nbsp; There are several others lower down on the page.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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