Re: [meteorite-list] Old meteor coins

[Martin Altmann]

Well Sir & List,   the stone of Paphos pictured on coins of Augustus, Drusus, Caracalla, Macrinus ect. survived and was found in an excavation in 1888. It spent 100 years in the stock of the national museum of Nikosia and some years ago it returned to the local archeological museum in Kouklia at the temple site.   Of corse it would be of crucial importance, that an expert should take a look on this piece.   Let's send special agent Farmer there (on the way to Cyprus he could take a stop to drink a hot chocolate at Matteo's).   I always asked myself, why nobody prooved that stone yet. Where are the Met.Soc. members? It doesn't matter that the chance, that it could be meteoritic is small, no reason for wearing the nose high, it's a cultural MUST !!   Here you'll find an detailled article about the history of the sanctuary of Paphos: http://www.pio.gov.cy/cyprus_today/jul_dec97/aphrodite_sanctuary.htm   A picture of the archeological site: http://www.flycyprus.com/palepaphos.html   And finally the BLACK STONE, gosh, I was searching so hard for pictures and couldn't find not a single one, but Pib Burns did so!  Many thanks!   http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/blstone.htm and http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9854/PageAph.html     Regards! Martin A.