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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5386563, member: 83845"]With AMCC 3 just around the corner (hopefully?) I thought I would take the opportunity to post a coin I won in AMCC 2 back in 2019. I always like to wait and post a coin once I’ve taken my own photos of it but this one made me hesitate to try my hand at photos for a few reasons.</p><ol> <li>It has a good amount of silvering still visible and I have never been good at photographing silvered coins.</li> <li>It was already photographed by one of the best coin photographers I know, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , so I was worried about outing my deficiencies highlighted in reason #1 and embarrassing myself. </li> </ol><p>With some practice, though, I think I’ve finally managed to capture a photo I can be happy with.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231147[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Probus, BI Antoninianus, Tripolis mint, second officina, struck ca. AD 276-282</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 22 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.82 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP•, emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter, holding sceptre, crescent in lower centre, KA in ex. </font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC V(b) 927.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Doug Smith collection, acquired in 1997 from Kreuzer</font></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the silvering (which I like even if it is frustrating to photograph) I appreciate the distinctive Tripolis mint portrait. I did not previously have a coin from this mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some other interesting points about this coin is that it is one of the few mints to replace the Latin numerals XX I = 20:1 with the Greek KA = 20:1 to show that the coin is 1 part silver per 20 of bronze. The officina is indicated by the crescent (officina 2). </p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned above this coin was formerly in Doug’s collection. I was happy to find it shown on one of his educational webpages for Probus linked below. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I was also pleased to get some ephemera with the coin as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231148[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Top left is the small tag that has come with all of my AMCC wins. The bottom left and the envelope at right seem to be in the same handwriting so I am assuming those are Doug’s tag and storage envelope respectively. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>With that I will invite you all to <u>please post</u>:</p><ul> <li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Your coins of Probus</span></b></li> <li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Your coins with silvering</span></b></li> <li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Coins you struggle to photograph </span></b></li> <li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Anything AMCC related</span></b></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5386563, member: 83845"]With AMCC 3 just around the corner (hopefully?) I thought I would take the opportunity to post a coin I won in AMCC 2 back in 2019. I always like to wait and post a coin once I’ve taken my own photos of it but this one made me hesitate to try my hand at photos for a few reasons. [LIST=1] [*]It has a good amount of silvering still visible and I have never been good at photographing silvered coins. [*]It was already photographed by one of the best coin photographers I know, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , so I was worried about outing my deficiencies highlighted in reason #1 and embarrassing myself. [/LIST] With some practice, though, I think I’ve finally managed to capture a photo I can be happy with. [ATTACH=full]1231147[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Empire Probus, BI Antoninianus, Tripolis mint, second officina, struck ca. AD 276-282 Dia.: 22 mm Wt.: 3.82 g Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP•, emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter, holding sceptre, crescent in lower centre, KA in ex. Ref.: RIC V(b) 927. Ex Doug Smith collection, acquired in 1997 from Kreuzer[/SIZE] In addition to the silvering (which I like even if it is frustrating to photograph) I appreciate the distinctive Tripolis mint portrait. I did not previously have a coin from this mint. Some other interesting points about this coin is that it is one of the few mints to replace the Latin numerals XX I = 20:1 with the Greek KA = 20:1 to show that the coin is 1 part silver per 20 of bronze. The officina is indicated by the crescent (officina 2). As mentioned above this coin was formerly in Doug’s collection. I was happy to find it shown on one of his educational webpages for Probus linked below. [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html[/URL] I was also pleased to get some ephemera with the coin as well. [ATTACH=full]1231148[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Top left is the small tag that has come with all of my AMCC wins. The bottom left and the envelope at right seem to be in the same handwriting so I am assuming those are Doug’s tag and storage envelope respectively. [/SIZE] With that I will invite you all to [U]please post[/U]: [LIST] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Your coins of Probus[/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Your coins with silvering[/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Coins you struggle to photograph [/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Anything AMCC related[/COLOR][/B] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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