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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7971923, member: 80952&quot;]<b>Next - something else broken and repaired</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin in April as I liked the gorgon and I thought that the coin has a weirdly shaped flan. Obol (?!) from Troas, Abydos.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1382858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact the coin was simply clipped due to heavy corrosion/crystallization.</p><p>I wasn&#039;t too bothered (although the auction house could have mentioned this - probably they thought it&#039;s obvious and perhaps it was)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bad part is after a few weeks, when checking my albums, I noticed it was broken into 3 small pieces (it has 8 mm maximum diameter and 0.58 g so a small one).</p><p>I suspect the pocket album I was keeping my coins in was dropped and this was the main cause.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did my best to glue the puzzle back together and this is easier said than done.</p><p>Placed it into a cardboard holder as it should protect it a little better.</p><p>I am aware that the coin value is not something to brag about but I felt bad that a coin almost 2500 years old has, somehow, made it (I would say &quot;made it in one piece&quot; but it wasn&#039;t the case)... but after reaching me, it was broken. I was glad I &quot;repaired&quot; it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1382859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next - another repaired coin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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