Rediscovery

Just one more for today. The old image was good, but after the crash, all I could find was this smaller image. So now it's corrected.

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PROBUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate mantled bust left holding eagle-tipped sceptre
REVERSE: SOLI INVICTO, Sol in galloping quadriga left, R-thunderbolt-B in ex.
Struck at Rome, 275-6 AD
4.2g, 24mm
RIC 202

 

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I really like the flan on that one. Great shot! Your getting Sharper!

 

Very nice jw, your getting good at this..

 

nice reshoot!

 

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NEW

CARINUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP CARINVS P F AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left with a standard in each hand. KAEpsilon in ex.
Struck at Rome, 284-5 AD
2.9g, 22mm
RIC V-2, 253

 

I don't get it which is the correct color? Your new photo is fuzzy and a bit out of focus.

 

The first was the seller's image and totally wrong. I didn't think this one was "fuzzy", but I'll redo it one more time.

In the meantime, take a look at the difference between the seller's image and mine on this coin. You might not even guess they are the same coin:
OLD (Seller's)


NEW (Mine)

CARINUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: M AVR CARINVS NOB C, radiate draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: PRINCIPI IVVENTVT, prince standing left holding globe and spear with captive at foot left. TXXI in ex.
Struck at Ticinum, 282-3 AD
3.5g, 23mm
RIC 182t

 

Wow!

 

Nice improvement on the Carinus Bing.

 

OK. I have re-shot the Carinus you said was "fuzzy". This time I angled the camera so as to allow more light to the coin. The image is lighter because of that, but still represents the coin very well. Let me know if you think it is still "fuzzy".

 

Looks better to my eyes, a little more light like you added in the second reshoot makes the coin look better IMHO. Kudos!

 

Well, it just goes to show how different eyes (and tastes) see different things. I like the first one better, and I don't think it's fuzzy.

 

Whew, I didn't either. I was sure I must need new glasses. I even asked my wife to take a look. She said she couldn't see much difference between the two other than the light.

 

I don't know what else to tell ya, maybe its a factor of Contrast but I am constantly battling this, where the photo is not sharp and all edges appear soft.

 

I'm back with another. You know, I have to wonder why I was satisfied with the seller's image on many of my coins. This one has a huge difference between images:

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NEW (beautiful chocolate/green patina that does not show on the seller's image above)

CARAUSIUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP C CARAVSIVS PF I AVG, draped, cuirassed, and radiate bust r
REVERSE: PAX AVG, Pax stg. l. holding olive branch & vertical scepter, S P in l. & r. fields
Struck at Camulodunum 290-3 AD
3.58g, 23.8 mm
RIC 482

 

Now that is sharp! Excellent reshoot.

 

That's a great bust of Carausius - it has the haughtiness you would expect from a usurper. This is my country now, mine! I'm king of the hill!

 

"I don't even care how many chins I was engraved with, I'm the King."

 

I kind of wanted to keep show off my Ostrogoth reshoot here. It makes it nice when I want to go back and look at the before and after of different types of coins and surfaces. This thread is really become a serious learning experience for me as well as other members I am sure. I come to appreciate coins I have not in a while and have had "new coin" feeling quite a few times doing my reshoot project.

This particular image upgrade I am oober happy with. I love the coin so much more now, faults and all.

Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
Rome, Italy (s.493-526 AD)
AE Follis (40 Nummi) 23 mm x 10.19 grams
Obverse: INVICT-A ROMA Helmeted bust of Roma right.
Reverse: She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, XL above
Ref: COI 82a, BMC 24
Prov.ex. J.C. Collection 2014
Note: Very Rare.

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That's exactly my point. So many times I buy a coin and appreciate it for a while till the next NP comes along. Then it gets filed away and only the images are ever examined and posted. Re-imaging all my coins is giving me the chance to see and feel all my coins again. And, yes, I do get that "new coin feeling" a lot.