Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! I had anticipated some fashion shots, but this is quite a few cuts above :-) Wonderful rendition of texture and volume - perfect lighting. I like the mouse trick too And I always enjoy learning from your posts. Thanks for it all. Bien amicalement Philippe, not so light-footed these days ;-) Le 27 mars 11 ? 01:31, John Nebel a ?crit : > > http://www.ancientmoney.org/northern_greece/ainos_unique_tet.html > > mouse over for reverse > > A heavy rain washed a crude wooden Hermes icon into the ocean, which > was > later caught in a fishing net. The fishermen repeatedly tried to > cast it away, but kept catching it, so they brought it ashore. At > night they needed wood to sustain their fire and tossed the icon > in. It wouldn't burn and at that point, the fishermen knew the > piece of wood was related to a god, and set up an altar. Hermes > became the patron deity of Ainos. Pan was his goat-footed son, > hence the tradition of also placing goats on Ainos coinage. > > The denomination is a tetradrachm, about four day's pay for a soldier. > > C&C welcome > > Best, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >