Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >