Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the explanation, John. Obviously this se?orita is not to be messed with ;-) 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 11:34 PM, John Nebel wrote: > Nathan, > > Thanks for looking! The se?orita is Athena Palladion about to hurl her > spear. > > <http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/dictionary/Dict/ASP/dictionarybody.asp?name=Palladion> > > John > > On 11/27/2013 3:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >