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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4524293, member: 57495&quot;]Eusebeian pancakes...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120880[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent Saturday afternoon photographing some older coins.&nbsp; When I first started photographing my coins, I did so with natural lighting.&nbsp; Later on, for a couple of years, I transitioned to artificial lighting, as it meant I could work on them at night when I was free.&nbsp; The results were always hit and miss though.&nbsp; Lately, I gone back to natural day light, preferably diffused through a frosted window on a cloudy day.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one of my favorite stevex6 coins, one I&#039;ve always owed a better picture to.&nbsp; Quite happy with how this one turned out.&nbsp; The reverse is a real work of art.&nbsp; Steve could really pick &#039;em!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120886[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.17g, 18.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201-202. RIC IV 120. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right. R: ADVENT AVGG, galley sailing left; signum and aquila at stern.</p><p><i>Ex stevex6 Collection, CNG E-Sale 352 (3 June 2015), lot 449; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection </i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had the Constantius II siliqua below for about a year and a half now.&nbsp; The obverse has a really striking deep tone, and is quite abit darker than the reverse.&nbsp; It&#039;s from the Michael Kelly Collection, and every time I handle one of the coins I bought in that auction, I wish I had pushed my bank account and bought more at the time.&nbsp; Another great coin picker! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120887[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CONSTANTIUS II</b></p><p>AR Reduced Siliqua. 2.2g, 20.5mm. Sirmium mint, AD 355-361. RIC 68; Cohen 343. O: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX in four lines in wreath; SIRM in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Michael Kelly Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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