Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/27

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Homeric
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 10:51:53 -0500
References: <4DDEE91F.8030600@csdco.com>

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
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