How to display ancient coins?

[Pseudolous]

Andrew - I have found both 69 BC and 70 BC reported and chose the 70BC as it corresponds with published list of moneyers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyer

[Potator II]

Here is the kind of cabinet I use for coins. This one is home made, covered with red leather. The others are the classic Abafil cabinets with velvet trays.

Potator

[daverino]

I just finished a first page (8.5 by 11") for a small public display of Roman coins this Fall. Suggestions / corrections appreciated.

A full sized image is: http://www.rfrajola.com/roman/sabinus.jpg

Below is a thumbnail of it:

I would like to make a catalogue of my personal collection and your presentations, which are obviously professional, seem a great way to go about it. The big problem for me is photography, particularly of dark bronzes. Your pictures seem somewhere between a photo and a drawing. How do you do it?

[Pseudolous]

Daverino - Glad you like the page. Actually, I can't do photography of coins. I use the images from vendors who I bought the coins from for now. However, I will have to take the small collection to Dallas and have them all re-shot before I do final exhibit mounting this Fall so they will all be of uniform high quality. With the system I use, it will be easy to place in the new images. None of them have been "played" with or tweaked.