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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4650534, member: 44316&quot;]This just arrived from CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148492[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Rubrius Dossenus. 87 BC.</p><p>17.5 mm. 3.90 grams.</p><p>Head of Jupiter right, head of scepter over shoulder, DOSSEN</p><p>Empty quadriga triumphal right, thunderbolt on side panel, small victory above bearing wreath, L RVBRI in exergue</p><p>Crawford 348/1. Sear I 258 &quot;The types of this moneyer appear to express hopes of victory against Marius and his faction.&quot;</p><p>ex Andrew McCabe collection</p><p><br /></p><p>I took the photo with my very old iPad laid flat on a tissue box and the coin on a gray card below it. I like that I can see exactly how the photo will come out and how it will look on a screen when it is large. Everyone who takes good coin photos says lighting is important, and I like being able to move the angle and play with the light until the photo looks, on the iPad screen, pretty good and a lot like the coin itself. I know many members take better photos than I do, but beginners should realize it need not be a big additional investment to take good, if not great, coin photos. Prop your phone or tablet on something stable and level and try various light angles and types (sunlight, north light, LED daylight bulb(s), whatever).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the CNG photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148490[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the hard things to capture in an image is any metallic sheen the coin may have. I think the last two coins I got from CNG are significantly better in hand than in their photos because their photos, while good and honest, make the metal less attractive than it is in hand.</p><p>(The other one I posted here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sale-photos-compared-to-coins-in-hand.352389/#post-3963886" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sale-photos-compared-to-coins-in-hand.352389/#post-3963886">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sale-photos-compared-to-coins-in-hand.352389/#post-3963886</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; )</p><p><br /></p><p>The latest post in that coin-photo thread was last December. Does anyone have other comments about coins compared to sellers&#039; photos?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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