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Is This A Hadrian Ae32?

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I got a new (to me) camera. In the close up mode it jumps from good to fuzzy to great to fuzzy when I press the "take picture" button. Anyways this is the best I could do.

I bought it at a coin show while I was the dealer. I was the only guy there (smallest town in my province) who did anything with Ancients and I am still quite clueless. For CAD20 I do not think I did too bad.

Egypt, Alexandria, Hadrian 117-138

AE32

Reverse: Alexandria kissing Emperor's hand on the occasion of his visit.



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 Posted 02/12/2017  1:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Seems you did quite well.

If the link works, here are some from old CNG sales:
http://cNGCoins.com/Search.aspx?PAG...TYPE_ID_4=1#

Regarding the green spots in the fuzzy pic of the obverse: If those spots are confined to pits, and if they are powdery, could be bronze disease. If so, may need treatment.
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Yes, they are pits. The plastic it was kept in was PVC. Oh the smell.

Acetone bath or...?

Hadrian has pretty much had the tootnie anyways.
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@harmonica, nice pick-up at that price!


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good to fuzzy to great to fuzzy
That second pic of yours is pretty bad.

It sounds kinda like your new camera is trying to find the right focal distance. With some cameras, you can turn off that feature so that you have to move the camera near and far to get the object in focus, but at least it won't change on you mid-shot. With others, if you keep the shutter button partkly compressed once the object is in focus, the camera won't keep looking for the right focal distance.
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You are right, Spencer. Sadly that was the best of the 10 pictures. I will read the manual, contact the lady who is lending me the camera and try to figure it all out.
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Twenty CAD ?
Stop thief !!!
You stole it my friend.
These large Alexandria ae tetradrachms fetch handsome prices especially when they have an interesting reverse as this one obviously does.
Wonderful to be in the right place at the right time ! In 40 years of collecting it has happened only a few times for me.
But oh what a feeling !
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