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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8207935, member: 110350"]A question about the coin I posted above. On the reverse, is the dolphin rider holding something between his left arm and his body, or is it just supposed to be the background?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439006[/ATTACH] </p><p>Maybe I'm imagining things, but it looks to me as if he is holding something, the bottom end of which extends over the top of the dolphin's back. It looks like kind of like a caterpillar or cocoon! On the other hand, I picked up a used copy of Vlasto a few months ago, and the description of Vlasto 666 doesn't mention the rider holding anything at all in his left arm. Nor do the descriptions or illustrations of any of the similar coins with succeeding numbers, except for a few holding objects that couldn't possibly look anything like this. </p><p><br /></p><p>What do people think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8207935, member: 110350"]A question about the coin I posted above. On the reverse, is the dolphin rider holding something between his left arm and his body, or is it just supposed to be the background? [ATTACH=full]1439006[/ATTACH] Maybe I'm imagining things, but it looks to me as if he is holding something, the bottom end of which extends over the top of the dolphin's back. It looks like kind of like a caterpillar or cocoon! On the other hand, I picked up a used copy of Vlasto a few months ago, and the description of Vlasto 666 doesn't mention the rider holding anything at all in his left arm. Nor do the descriptions or illustrations of any of the similar coins with succeeding numbers, except for a few holding objects that couldn't possibly look anything like this. What do people think?[/QUOTE]
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