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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is a coin I picked up with the Constantine I Follis. It's around 23mm in diameter, and struck in Thessalonica? The coin has some porosity and a weak rev strike--was $25 too much?  I just shot this pick with one of the IKEA Jansjø LED lamps. Handheld, open @ f2.8 1/500s
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Moderator
 United States
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Great picture. Even with the weak struke the coin has very nice strong details. If the other coin is as nice as this, you did OK for $25.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great Photography. I wish I could do that.
I think your coin is in excellent condition and well worth the price you paid. If you don't already know, I think your coin is RIC VI 59
Licinius AE Follis. 312-313 AD. IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing, head left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe & leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left. Known mintmarks: dot TS dot G dot and dot TS dot D dot.
JW
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10045 Posts |
Wow...thanks for all the great info JW!  I'm slowly learning the mints, and further documentation would help me..I'll look into that. As for the photos, I cannot say enough about these Canon P/S and their macro capabilities. Mine is the SD790IS...it cost all of $140.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Nice coin - $25 not too much, might have to get one of those cameras.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
BTW, the mintmark on your coin is dot TS dot Gamma dot which is Thessalonica. In most mintmarks there are no "dots", but they are significant when used and is part of the attribution. Its a very nice coin as I said before.
JW
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10045 Posts |
Wow...thanks, great to hear I did all right with this one! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
What program do you use for your images? I use Picassa, but it seems that my pictures are sub par.
JW
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10045 Posts |
I also do some post-processing in photoshop, to knock out the coin images against a black bkg, to control highlights and get the color balance accurate to the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
A nice coin for a nice price!
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Bedrock of the Community
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