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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2799095, member: 82322&quot;]I feel more lighting variations and less fingers would improve these videos.&nbsp; Unfortunately I don&#039;t have a lighting set up.&nbsp; Here is a quick attempt:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]tRAwF7Fkgfs[/MEDIA]</p><p>SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.82 g, 6h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295/81 BC.</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin</p><p>Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above anchor; ΣΩ below throne.</p><p><i>Seleucid Coinage</i> 202.12; Price 3938</p><p>Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 479.</p><p>Notes: This is the Wildwinds.com example.&nbsp; Houghton and Lorber (<i>Seleucid Coinage</i>, p. 81) suggest this issue is contemporary with those bearing the name of Seleukos. </p><p><br /></p><p>I shot this with a Samsung S7 cell phone set on a table edge.&nbsp; I wiggled the coin on a tray 12&quot; below the phone.&nbsp; I waved my hand in front of the ceiling lamp.&nbsp; I shot it in 4K and used iMovie to crop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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