Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking! The se?orita is Athena Palladion about to hurl her spear. <http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/dictionary/Dict/ASP/dictionarybody.asp?name=Palladion> John On 11/27/2013 3:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Beautiful. So who's the se?orita on the reverse? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 27, 2013, at 10:53 PM, John Nebel wrote: > >> >> Coins like this small one (17.7 mm diameter) were minted in Pergamon as >> pay for the troops after Alexander's army crossed the Hellespont in 334 >> BC on its way to wreck havoc on the Persian Empire. Army pay was most >> often silver, but many gold coins were also made, and this is thought to >> be one of the earliest, made before Alexander put his name on his coinage. >> >> <http://photos.csd.net/alexander_pergamon_stater.html> >> >> click the image to see the other side, or below for a larger image >> >> .. and now since Leica has bought Sinar I can admit it, the coin images >> I've posted from time to time were made by a Sinar P3. >> >> Any comments are welcome. >> >> Best, >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >