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Severina Ant
NervousRex:
SEVERINAEAVG obverse.CONCORDIAEMILITVM reverse with VIXXI in ex.i finished cleaning this coin today.i cant find one with VIXXI in ex.any help is most welcome.thanks Robert.
rick fox:
What did you use to clean this coin?
NervousRex:
hi.i soaked the coin in DW for around 6 weeks brushing daily with a nylon brush.today i soaked it in lemon juice for around 20 mins rincing and brushing every few mins.lastly a gentle brush wihh a brass brush.the roughness of the coin was like that before using the lemon juice.the only preclean pic i have is the sellers pic.top left coin.
slokind:
Well, I can tell that the seller's image was made in sunlight, and I can see that it has been made a little lighter for posting (consider shadows cast by sunlight to lower left of coins), and I know that his sunlight images are a bit more cyan than my own photos of his coins, but how you got your iron-oxide colored images, unless you were using film camera with outdoor film in it under an incandescent light-bulb source, I am at a loss to see how you got that image.
By using Photoshop's Image>Adjustments>Variations tool, and assuming that the background was fairly neutral, I got it to where you see, but even so I think it's not at all like a Severina antoninianus. If you provide some more info, perhaps I could help. I mean, the goal when one is asking about coins is to post, if one possibly can, is an image that looks like the coin in hand.
Pat L.
I apologize for writing 'Salonina' for 'Severina': I was only looking at the colors!
P.S. You didn't use flash, did you?
I attach a flatbed scanner image, unaltered, of her husband Aurelian. Though it's the reddest coin I own, especially the obverse, it's not as red as your image of Severina.
NervousRex:
hi Pat.the pics were taken with a Nikon coolpix 2200 digi camera under a table lamp with flash turned off.i have not yet seen the coin in sunlight,i will post more pics later if it is a nice sunny day.it measures 21-22 mm.
Robert
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