Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 26, 2011, at 6:58 PM, John Nebel wrote: > Inspired by Jim's Homeric photos... > > http://photos.csd.net/protesilaus.html > > Mouse over to see reverse, click for an enlargement. > > The head on the coin is Protesilaus, an Homeric hero; his name is > retrograde in the crest of his helmet. The coin's reverse is the stern of > a ship with the letters SKIO in the corners of the incuse naming the town > Skione which issued the coin in the early 5th century BC. The ship is > anachronistic as it appears to be 5th century design, more advanced than > those used in the Trojan war around 700 years earlier. thank you for the: lighting textures tones and coinage history Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist