Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Alexander the Great / Pergamon
From: john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:34:31 -0700
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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?
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> YNWA
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> On Nov 27, 2013, at 10:53 PM, John Nebel wrote:
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>>
>> 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.
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>> <http://photos.csd.net/alexander_pergamon_stater.html>
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>> click the image to see the other side, or below for a larger image
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>> .. 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.
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>> Any comments are welcome.
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>> Best,
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>> John
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