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CONSTANTINE I A.D. 307-337 Æ Follis (19) Rev. D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XXX in wreath, SMHA· in exergue. Mint of Heraclea. 3.5gm, RIC 82 mostly silvered.   |
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This coin looks to be in excellent condition. However, the lighting is off I think. Have you tried different lighting conditions? Regardless, nice coin.
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I took the first pictures under a dim reading lamp and it was very close to the coin so I had to angle the camera away from the glare of the lightbulb but a managed to get the details of the coin. I used sunlight with these but it was too bright for my camera and I can't get it to focus but it's closer to the silver color.    Edited by jessvc1
05/28/2012 09:35 am
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Your last two images look pretty darn good to me. I'm not very good at taking pictures, so I guess I'm the last person that should criticize.
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Very nice jessvc1, Is the silver just a coating over the bronze coin and how did they put it on the coin, well centered nice detail....  |
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Thanks JW, I thought I had a nice bunch of coins for the vows in wreath reverse type until I just tried to take pictures of my other emperors. This coin is much better and I guess I will not post the others.  |
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It's really a tin wash I'm not exactly sure about the process but I think I read somewhere they might have pickled the coins.
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Jessvc1 that is very nicely detailed coin with great centering!  I have not heard of a tin wash before. Neat! |
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Excellent details, very nice coin.
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very nice! |
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Thanks for all the compliments. I've been searching for silvered coins that aren't flaking and this and my licinius are up there with my favorite coins right now.
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Posted 05/28/2012 09:30 am
