Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice coin and nice picture! Is that your collection? It looks like your picture is through a 45? glass with the lighting at 90?, correct? All the best from the south of France! Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.tarekcharara.com> NO ARCHIVE Le 26 avr. 10 ? 20:21, John Nebel a ?crit : > http://www.ancientmoney.org/greek_kingdoms/seleucusi_quadriga_tet.html > > Seleucus I, one of the diadochi, lost a battle with the Indian > Chandragupta in 305 BC. He ceded considerable territory in exchange > for 500 war elephants, probably the oldest or sickest of > Chandragupta's many thousands. > > A good politician, Seleucus commemorated his loss as a victory and > issued coinage to let his empire know. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information