American Numismatic Society

No total for Cypriot coins or seals found. Sources show a Gunther group of about 14 Byzantine lead seals (1952.196, plus 1952.142) and a substantial part of the Gunther Cyprus coin collection, which the Society passed to the Cyprus Museum in 1949-50. (2009)

Metcalf 2009, p. 116Megaw 1951

1. 1876
   Gaston Feuardent, the Paris dealer, was nominated for membership (nominated by Balmanno per the folder index) and later served as the Society's Historiographer.

   New YorkGaston Louis FeuardentFeuardent and Cesnola, 1881-1897… 1881-1897Numismatic & Society 1896, p. 419

2. 1881
   Edward A. Bond, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, was asked about Feuardent's character (inquiry of 9 June 1881, noted in the ANS folder guide as a noted document); the ANS held Feuardent's published 'Answer' to Cesnola in the same year.

   New YorkEdward A. BondGaston Louis FeuardentWilliam PoillonFeuardent and Cesnola, 1881-1897… 1881-1897

3. 1 March 1884
   After the Feuardent-Cesnola libel trial the Society held a special meeting and unanimously passed resolutions supporting Feuardent. Marangou, citing Adelson, says two paragraphs criticising the Metropolitan Museum's treatment of antiquities were withdrawn from the text sent to the New York Times (published 6 March 1884).

   New YorkGaston Louis FeuardentMarangou 2000, p. 328Feuardent and Cesnola, 1881-1897… 1881-1897

4. January 1885
   William J. Stillman, elected a resident member in January 1885, was asked by resolution (offered by Robert Hewitt, 20 January 1885) to examine the evidence on the provenance of the Cesnola Collection and report, with a proposed trip to Cyprus.

   New YorkWilliam James StillmanRobert HewittMarangou 2000, p. 328, p. 337Feuardent and Cesnola, 1881-1897… 1881-1897

5. 1885
   The Stillman report on the Cesnola Collection was privately printed (about 33 pages). Adelson, quoted by Marangou, calls it the Society's last broadside in Feuardent's defence and a full vindication of Feuardent; this is Adelson's judgment as quoted, and the trial jury had found for Cesnola.

   New YorkWilliam James StillmanMarangou 2000, p. 328

6. March 1949
   Christian G. Gunther gave one lead seal from his father's collection to the Society (accession 1952.142, recorded by Metcalf as the gift of March 1949).

   Charles Godfrey GuntherMetcalf 2009, p. 116

7. 1952
   The Charles G. Gunther bequest brought some 14 Byzantine lead seals from Cyprus to the Society (accession 1952.196). The better seals had been kept by the Cyprus Museum. Metcalf thinks some come from the Petrakides archive.

   Charles Godfrey GuntherMetcalf 2009, p. 116, p. 117

8. 1959
   Dorothy H. Cox's Coins from the Excavations at Curium, 1932-1953 appeared as Numismatic Notes and Monographs 145, published by the Society (Kourion excavations of the University of Pennsylvania Museum).

   KourionDorothy Hannah CoxRogge et al. 2019

• About 14 Byzantine lead seals, uncleaned and mostly encrusted, from Charles G. Gunther's collection (include seals probably from the Petrakides archive)

  1952.196via Charles Godfrey Gunther1952Metcalf 2009, p. 116, p. 117

• Lead seal from Gunther's collection

  1952.142via Charles Godfrey GuntherMarch 1949Metcalf 2009, p. 116