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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4892338, member: 96898&quot;]Did a little bit of coin stuff this weekend. First, I tried to re-photograph this quinarius. It is heavily and, at least in my eyes, pleasingly toned. The old picture is much too dark and misrepresents the color of the coin. The new one is a bit better but somewhat too bright and shiny. An example of what different lighting and camera settings can do:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180748[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180747[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Cato, AR quinarius, 89 BC, Rome mint. Obv: M CATO; head of Liber r., wearing ivy-wreath; below, control mark (torch?). Rev: VICTRIX; Victory seated r., holding patera in r. hand and palm-branch over l. shoulder. 14mm, 2.12g. Ref: RRC 343/2b. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, I took pictures of this Spanish copper coin. It&#039;s not ancient but early modern. Since this thread is free for all, I&#039;m going to show it nonetheless. My coin bears witness to the massive inflation that hit Spain around 1600: originally worth 4 maravedis in 1602, it was countermarked as 8 maravedis soon after. The mint couldn&#039;t strike new coins at the speed at which they lost value, so they just countermarked old ones:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180749[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Spanish Monarchy, under Philip III, CU 4 maravedis (countermarked as 8 maravedis), 1602 AD, Segovia mint. Obv:&nbsp; +PHILIPPVS·III·D·G·OMNIVM; castle in octolobe; in field, C. Rev: ·HISPAN·REGNORVM·REX· 1602; crowned lion in octolobe; countermark: crowned VIII with B below. 27mm, 6.22g. Ref: Calíco 750.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a close-up of the countermark:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180750[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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