Nero's 2025 Christmas coins

These are my photos. I've always had problems with coin photography. However I made somewhat of a breakthrough today and these have improved from execrable to only slightly stinky.

Both coins are ex-Harmer Rooke, NYC. Are they still around? I've seen their name from time to time when coin provenances are included.

I have to work on coloration, but I made massive improvements insofar as focus today. My new photography station is a desk with an overhead lamp (has an adjustable elbow), and there's also a window overhead. Today is overcast so no window action.

The quadrigatus is much more attractive than the photo. The stately gunmetal grey toning is uniform, satin, and much more attractive than shown here:



Anonymous (225-215 BC) - AR Quadrigatus (6.27g.) Sear RCV 031 ex Harmer Rooke.

The Thasos tetradrachm is brighter than the above coin.
*Can anyone supply a reference number? I don't have any references for these.



Thasos - after 148 BC - AR Tetradrachm (16.62g.) ex Harmer Rooke

There were also low-grade stocking stuffers from the LCS. They're all dark. This is the only image I have ready. What I suspect happened was at some point long ago they were coated with Blue Ribbon or something similar.

The A2 follis (I also don't have calipers yet) is circa 35 mm. and really thin. The photo actually shows much more detail than is seen with the naked eye. I have to look under magnification to ascertain what's up and what's down in person; the obverse especially is very faint.


c. 35mm, 10.64g. Fair/Good. DOC number unknown (difficult to tell if there were any ornaments. Since the book/nimbus on the obverse is worn it'd be tough to guess in any case. Thin fabric.

That was the 'best' of the stocking stuffers.

Depending on how the images turn out I may have an ID question for the Nicaea provincial.