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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3864395, member: 57495&quot;][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] posted in another thread <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-194#post-3862098" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-194#post-3862098">a coin</a> [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] gave her that had proven challenging for the both of them to photograph.&nbsp; It made me think of this thread, and also reminded me of my own ex Doug coin purchased two years ago that has (annoyingly) defeated on multiple occasions my attempts to take a decent photograph of it.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t hopeful, but I decided to give it another go.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is in JA&#039;s original auction photograph.&nbsp; The coin is as dark as it appears int he pic, but not as green.&nbsp; The underlying colour is more brown.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022085[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t consider my latest efforts great, but I can live with them, and more importantly, I now like the coin more than I did before. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022088[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE28. 12.33g, 27.7mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, struck AD 193-195. Pollenius Auspex, consular legate. Varbanov -; Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) 8.14.32.1 (same dies). O: [AV KA]I CEΠ CE[VHPOC ΠEP], laureate head right. R: VΠA ΠOΛ AV[CΠIKOC NIKOΠO]TΩN ΠPOC ICTP, River god reclining left, holding cornucopia and resting on inverted vase from which water flows.</p><p><i>Ex Doug Smith Collection #1698</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>On the topic of AMCC pick bin wins, two of the three ex Doug coins I won in AMCC 2 were from the pick bin.&nbsp; I think the photos featured in the auction (Doug&#039;s?) are great.&nbsp; I suspect I won&#039;t be making the mistake of trying to take my own. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022091[/ATTACH]</p><p>SELEUKID KINGDOM: Seleukos IV (187-175 BCE), AE20, serrate. 7.00g.</p><p>Obv: Wreathed bust of Dionysos right, thyrsos over shoulder; monogram behind</p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ/ΑΡ/ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, prow left</p><p>SC 1316.2b</p><p>From the Doug Smith collection, acquired in 1995 from Guy Clark.</p><p>Smith notes that the centration dimple on the obverse is oddly off centre, with respect to both the design and the flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022090[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constans (337-350), AE centenionalis, issued 348-50. Heraclea, 3.8g.</p><p>Obv: D N CONSTANS P F AVG, bust left holding globe</p><p>Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATION, SMH? in ex., Soldier advancing r., head l., holding spear, leading small figure from hut beneath tree</p><p>RIC 7 (p. 435)</p><p>From the Doug Smith collection, acquired in 2000 from Pete Burbules.</p><p>On some examples from Heraclea, including this one, the barbarian emerging from the hut appears to be holding a bow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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