Deinomenid Posted March 20, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted March 20, 2023 My silphium delivery from Kyrene was intercepted. Apparently Fedex won’t ship “Libyan origin” products. Is this a new standard practice? Never experienced it before. Or just an excuse to post a relevant coin! (With crabs…) CRAB KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (20.4mm , 7.75g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; monogram to upper left, crab to upper right. BMC 255; SNG Copenhagen 1243 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted March 23, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Just for completeness in case anyone ever searches for Libya here, it turns out some of the major delivery companies won’t ship Libyan-origin products of any nature to the US even if they have been out of “Libya” for decades. Never knew that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted March 23, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 23, 2023 Just curious who designated the coin as Libyan. Technically, at the time this coin was minted Kyrene was controlled by Egypt, so the coin is Egyptian. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted March 23, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 It’s nuts but the ruler (Egypt) doesn’t count to our current regulatory overlords and penpushers. In this case the auction house was Leu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted March 23, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 23, 2023 That's weird. Leu has, in my experience, been among the most thorough in providing all the paperwork and provenances of coins. Looks like it's just bureaucracy in the shipper. Were they able to find someone else who will ship it? Recently I had a bit of an alarm myself. A relatively low value shipment was stopped coming from Savoca. I was asked to fill out a form stating the country of origin for each coin in the shipment. I provided where the coin was minted, but for most I stated that the coin would have circulated across modern-day borders and listed each country where it would have been found. What alarmed me most was the form had a field "return to." So, I put my address there. The coins passed through customs with a few days delay and I received them earlier this week. I do suspect I got lucky though and customs didn't really look at them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted March 23, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 I suspect that their thoroughness in providing ultimate provenance was the issue. When I asked what was happening - they sent me 2 invoices, one for the rest of the coins, and the other this, this was exactly what was said, perfectly professionally and promptly. I have no complaints about Leu. "We had to split your order in two invoices because FedEx due to their policy does not carry any items with country of original «Ukraine and Libya» to the USA." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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