DYNASTS OF LYCIA. Kherei, circa 430-410 BC. Stater, Tlos mint.
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena to right.
Rev: ππππππππ-πππππ (Lycian; =kerαΊ½i-tlawi); Gorgoneion within border of dots in a circular incuse.
There are two or three known examples. The photo is my composite of the Jameson specimen and the example auctioned in Switzerland by Nomos.
The inscription is in Lycian and names the ruler and the city of issue.
A Coin World article by Paul Gilkes reports that the US Mint has suspended the Mutilated Coin Redemption Program “pending the development of additional safeguard”.
As previously reported here, the US government pays $19.84/pound for dimes, quarters and half dollars that are bent, broken or corroded. Chinese recyclers were returning 'coins' that did not have the metallic composition of original coins. Every year millions of dollars of such coins are somehow being found in China by firms that recycle cars and electronic equipment.
The counterfeiter was killed in a shootout with US Marshals in May 2018.
https://youtu.be/KDR5W7zJzMk. 70 minutes.
1923 wasn't a stellar year. The works are mostly auction catalogs. Included is Henry Chapman’s Ancient and modern foreign and American gold coins collected by the late Enrico Caruso, the sales catalog of the opera singer's coin collection.
No illustrations. This is the copy from the American Numismatic Society library. The catalog is 'priced' (sale prices recorded in the margins).
Briefly noted: An 8-year-old paper by Eleni Drakaki, Andreas Karydas, et al: “Evaluation of laser cleaning of ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins”. Successful results are claimed, sometimes in conjunction with mechanical cleaning.
The article is a followup to an earlier paper, “Laser cleaning on Roman coins”. The image for this post comes from the first paper.
