Within the limitations of my extremely poor photo skills, here are my two ancients...

XpipedreamR

Brutus, Civil War 44-42 BC
Thrace, Tomis
Stater in the name of Lysimachus, 8.27g
Bearing the portrait of Alexander III/Athena reverse



























Heraclius 610-641 AD
Constantinople 616-625 AD
Solidus 4.35g
Berk#120

mdwoods

Those are very cool coins. It's amazing to think they survived so long in such good condition.

Aethelred

Very nice! The second one is gold?

XpipedreamR

Yes, they're both gold.

Aethelred

How is your white balance set?

The photos are not bad really, just need a little tweaking.

XpipedreamR

I put the coins on a paper napkin on top of a paperback book on a window sill. I steadied the camera on a 5 pound dumbbell, also on the window sill. I think "white balance" is currently beyond my technical grasp.


I'll check the camera's instruction manual

Aethelred

What type of camera?

XpipedreamR

Ummmmm...let's see...



It's a Sony Cybershot DSC-P73. I'm not a big photography guy...

Aethelred

<< <i>I'm not a big photography guy... >>



That is o.k., little photography guys can also take great photos. I don't know much about that camera, but there should be a menu where you can adjust your white balance to the type of light source you are using. Also be sure you are in macro mode.

XpipedreamR

I'll check into all that stuff!

AuldFartte

Cool ancients, Xpiper
The pics are not bad at all. Like Æthelred said, play with white balance, get in macro mode ... it's fun!!!

Dabigkahuna

Killer coins! I really like them both



Nice napkin.

Better pics.

I think we went to the same school of photography!

I have moved from using my mouse pad to one of my old Heritage invoices for a backdrop.




Larry
Dabigkahuna

cosmicdebris

Not bad picture taking for OF royalty

CoinAddict

Cool coins, Jeff.

PuddlePirate

Nice coins, I like the Pre-Imperial Roman

PuddlePirate

ummmm GREEK.... that's what I get for trying to read the boards and work at the same time...

boz

Xpiper has coins
How do we know those are really yours?

coinmickey

Who knew Xpipe was into Ancients??

BTW Xpipe...great coins...you suck...

saintguru

Great coins...having seen them in person...crappy pics, though.

I'll photo them and then they can see what they really look like...they are in remarkeably good condition and totally "natural" skin, which is extremely rare. People just love to mess with coins...these look untampered.

SYRACUSIAN

I like your solidus.

vrtech99sboss

Neat looking coins, Xpipe! We got a new camera a few months ago (I'm thinking it's a Sony Cybershot something-or-other) and I'm still working my way through the manual. Too many bells and whistles!