An Exceptional Offering of Bronzes of the Cyclades

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 631. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYCLADES, Amorgos. Arkesine. Late 3rd-early 2nd century BC. Æ 17mm (4.21 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Ram standing right. Liampi, Coinage, group I, 26b (O1/R1) = Weber 4617 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, green-brown patina, damaged and repaired (see below).

From the Christopher Morcom Collection. Ex Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 4617.

The surface of the lower right quarter of the reverse on this coin was apparently corroded or broken away after the publication of the Weber Collection, and later repaired by filling in the area with a pliable material.