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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3199320, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Thank you for posting those excellent images [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] - getting the desired effects while photographing dark coins is challenging for sure. And that is a very nice Restored “Victory” Coin - you don’t run across those very often - congratulations.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Note added via Edit:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The first Claudian sestertius depicted below is a regular issue coin included for comparison with the Titus Restoration coin.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I was using the seller’s image of my Titus Restoration Claudius sestertius (with permission until I could take my own photo). Here is my photo - not any better than the seller’s - but I use my own photos on my web pages, and I like black backgrounds:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/ric09o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/ric09rs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">AE SESTERTIUS ISSUED BY CLAUDIUS</font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">BMCRE Volume I, Rome, Claudius, No. 124</font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume I, Rome, Claudius No. 99</font></i></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">41-50 AD, (36mm, 25.3gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">holding flower in right hand and demurely raising skirt with left hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>SPES AVGVSTA - S C</b> (exergue)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000ti1o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000ti1r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">AE SESTERTIUS - CLAUDIUS/TITUS RESTORATION/RESTITUTION ISSUE</font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">BMCRE Volume II, Rome, Titus No. 297</font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume II (1962 Edition), Rome, Titus, No. 234</font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume II, Part 1 (second edition), Titus, No. 472 (Sear No. 2601)</font></i></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>80-81 AD,</i> (34.5mm, 24.3gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">holding flower in right hand and demurely raising skirt with left hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>IMP T VESP AVG REST - S C</b> (left and right)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Titus was a Military Tribune in Britain AD 60-63</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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