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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584953, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.2 Coin 3</p><p>22mm</p><p>4.12g[ATTACH=full]956934[/ATTACH] </p><p>Closely related to our Coin 2, but with a smaller, chubbier bust of less careful style. Again with the same striking issues, this one has surface troubles that may be attributable to either a double strike, overstrike, or simply careless flan preparation. The portrait follows the same mold, but has a wider, cubbier cheek, puffy lips, and a tiny, pointy nose. It is also crammed further to the left of the die, and is a bit more angled, like the king is leaning in from behind something!</p><p><br /></p><p>The fire altar is almost the same here, although it seems to shift in the middle; perhaps a double strike at play? We can clearly see a little sun at the left and a moon at the right, and as with the last coin, the flame is very wide and squat to fit it on the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very interestingly, the attendants&#039; dresses are depicted by a single thick line, which branches out at the bottom to make the hem of the dress - clearly not all coins in this series follow the &quot;thorn dress&quot; rule so carefully! The head and necklace are quite well and carefully engraved, and we see the arm is bent sharply at the elbow, and engraved with two strokes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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