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Message:: [QUOTE="Theoderic, post: 8057645, member: 110471"]I don't think I would bid on the coin in the OP as the work there seems to be merely an attempt to falsely upgrade the coin for a bigger price.  However, there are times when I would buy a repaired coin.  A very recent example, that I bid on unsuccessfully, is this Visigothic tremissis auctioned by Heritage that was broken and glued back together.  Their photos and description are given below: [ATTACH=full]1396384[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1396385[/ATTACH] "Visigoths. Egica & Wittiza gold Tremissis ND (694/5-702) AU (Broken & Repaired), Gerunda (Girona) mint, Cay-439, Miles-461d, CNV-588.1 (R; this coin). 21mm. 1.39gm. +•Nþ (ligate)•N•M•N•EGICΛ P+ (ligate) R•C:, confronted busts of Egica and Wittiza, long cross in between / +VVITTIZΛ P+ (ligate) R•G•S, mint name in monogram. A very rare issue produced in especially fine style for the coinage of this brief joint reign. We have only been able to locate one other example from this mint--which is assigned the second highest value for the type by Cayón--having come to auction in recent decades, with this piece also serving as the plate coin in the Corpus Nummorum Vigisothorum." Visigothic tremissis are very thin and therefore susceptible to breaking or chipping.  A coin of this rarity though would justify interest regardless of condition and it could be argued that the repair was necessary to prevent the coin from fragmenting further.[/QUOTE]