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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7750967, member: 80952&quot;]Hello all. </p><p>Last day before my holiday - can&#039;t wait to spend a few lazy days on the sunny shores of Callatis (funny thing - I have no coins from Callatis although I visit this area every year)</p><p><br /></p><p>As I was pretending to be working today (who doesn&#039;t in the very last day) I took the chance to take (slightly) better photos from my very first lot I bought when I started collecting ancients. </p><p>34 coins, bought as &quot;lot of roman bronzes&quot;. Actually not all of them are bronze and 1 is from Campania, but I was happy and it was a lot of fun to attribute them, as an absolute beginner. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I received them, I took photos with my phone for my personal catalogue. The phone is not designed for good macro photos, the light in my house is not quite accurate so many pictures were showing the coins worse than they actually are. So it was surprising to see some of them are nice (even if my photographic skills still demand an improvement)</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s like getting new coins. </p><p>Here are some where the difference is massive compared to my previous pics</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327091[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Crispus, Caesar, 316-326. Follis (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.51 g, 7 h), struck under Constantine I, Siscia, 1st officina, 320-321. IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C Laureate head of Crispus to right. Rev. CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT V; below ASIS*. RIC 161</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327092[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1.40 g 13.3 mm</p><p>Arcadius</p><p>383-408</p><p>Mint: Nicomedia, 388-392, 1st shop.</p><p>Vs: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG</p><p>Draped, cuirassed bust with pearl diadem to the right.</p><p>Back: SALVS REI - PVBLICAE</p><p>Victoria striding to the left with her tropaeum on her shoulder, dragging a prisoner behind her with her left.</p><p>In the exergue: SMNA</p><p>RIC IX 45</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RIC VII Rome 57</p><p>Obverse</p><p>Legend: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Type: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right</p><p>Portrait: Constantine I</p><p>Reverse</p><p>Legend: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI</p><p>Type: Sol, radiate, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand</p><p>Deity: Sol</p><p>MintMark: -/-//Rt</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327096[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3.54 g 17.5 mm</p><p>Constantine I (306-337 AD) for Constantinus II Caesar. AE Nummus (18 mm, 2.83 g), Treveri, c. 322.</p><p>Obv. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, Laureate bust to left, wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and parazonium in left.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Rev. BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Large globe on an altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; three stars above, dot STR dot in exergue.</p><p>RIC 382</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, these are not rarities or exceptional conditions but it feels good to rediscover nice coins (I don&#039;t like taking coins out of their albums)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post the coins you rediscovered, noticing they are nicer than you remembered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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