Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Stunning picture (and coin?)! Yours? All the best from Paris! Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.tarekcharara.com> NO ARCHIVE Le 25 avr. 2012 ? 15:34, John Nebel a ?crit : > http://photos.csd.net/pantikapaion_stater.html > > mouse over for reverse, click for enlargement > > 4th cent BC, diameter 22 mm > > The coin is from Pantikapaion, a Greek settlement on the north shore of > the Bosporus. Its obverse is a satyr with an ivy wreath, reverse a > griffin, the PAN inscription is probably a pun on the name of the city and > some also think of the obverse, the god Pan. > > I have read (MacDonald Bosporus 2005) that the name of the town may have > derived from an Iranian language's panti kapa or fish route, the > Bosporous. Pantikapaion was also grain exporter. > > Journey into the twilight zone here: <http://www.atmo.info/Mithridat.htm> > > Nevertheless, this coin does exist, it's thoroughly weird and beautiful > and subject of several attempts at photographing it over many years, its > relief and reflectivity rather than mystical issues presenting problems. > > C & C welcome. > > Best, > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information