Turkey 2006 The Treasures of King Croseus
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 10th July 2006
- three values
- Designed by: Kekir Gürgen
- Printed by: Ajans-Türk, Ankara
- Print process: lithography
- stamp format height 36mm x width 52mm
- Perforations: 13.0 x 13.0
issue notes an exhibition held in the Usak Museum, Istanbul, of costume
jewellery and coinage from the ancient site of Sardis, the Lydian capital. The
artifacts, objects associated with King Karun (Croseus) were illegally excavated
and smuggled out of Turkey; 450 objects were recovered by Turkey, after court action,
from the New York Metropolitan Museum, in 1993
The Lydian coins shown on the first 70kurus (lilac background) were the world's first
