Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tarek, Thank you, I appreciate your comment very much. As for the coin, I bought it years back from a Gorny & Mosch auction. Best, John On 4/25/2012 11:11 AM, Tarek Charara wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information