Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Elephant drawn chariot, driven by a goddess - a political statement!
From: tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:52:41 +0200
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Nice coin and nice picture! Is that your collection? It looks like  
your picture is through a 45? glass with the lighting at 90?, correct?


All the best from the south of France!

Tarek

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Tarek Charara
<http://www.tarekcharara.com>

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Le 26 avr. 10 ? 20:21, John Nebel a ?crit :

> http://www.ancientmoney.org/greek_kingdoms/seleucusi_quadriga_tet.html
>
> Seleucus I, one of the diadochi, lost a battle with the Indian  
> Chandragupta in 305 BC.  He ceded considerable territory in exchange  
> for 500 war elephants, probably the oldest or sickest of  
> Chandragupta's many thousands.
>
> A good politician, Seleucus commemorated his loss as a victory and  
> issued coinage to let his empire know.
>
> John
>
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