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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6548630, member: 84905&quot;]This aureus of Volusian sold for CHF 15000 (the fair estimate was 2000). It was originally described without the plugged hole. I informed Leu about the hole (and showed them a picture of the original) and they correctly adjusted the description, but still some buyers were apparently undetered. The coin was sold on an Ukrainian auction website last year for about USD 2000,- with the hole.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=4483&amp;lot=1967" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=4483&amp;lot=1967" rel="nofollow">NumisBids: Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 15, Lot 1967 : Volusian, 251-253. Aureus (Gold, 18 mm, 3.28 g, 7...</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In the original coin the letters B and V above Volusians head were completely missing and have been reconstructed by the restorer. Leu told me that the repairs were undetectable even at 20 times magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS a lot of heavily &quot;restored&quot; aurei from Ukraine have been offered recently. The repairs are practically undetectable and hence not mentioned in the auction catalogs.</p><p>Examples:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5389092" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5389092" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5389092</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7369364" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7369364" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7369364</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4956416" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4956416" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4956416</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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