(via MvR) MvR has provided us with a Hürriyet story and English translation on “the Karkamis treasure” — an enormous hoard of 3000 ancient coins including 13 dekadrachms. Found in 1995, smuggled out of Turkey and sold in the last decade. The article says a few dekadrachms remain for sale from Hikmet Gül, but that he's gone missing.
I could not find the translated article on Hürriyet's website. The dollar values for the coins cited by Brand appear to be on the high side. Brand calls the find “the Carchemish-hoard” on his yahoo group EarlyElectrumCoinage and that phrase doesn't occur in the article.... still, no reason to doubt that a major hoard was smuggled out of Turkey and sold through top US dealers.
Time Again to Tell the Cultural Property Advisory Committee What You Think
About Import Restrictions on Coins and Other Artifacts, including Minority
Cultural Heritage, for Romania, Albania and Nigeria
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The State Department has announced a Cultural Property Advisory Committee
(CPAC) Meeting to consider a new Cultural Property Agreement (CPA) with
Romani...
2 days ago
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