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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584958, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.2 Coin 8</p><p>22mm</p><p>4.07g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956942[/ATTACH] </p><p>Another with a rather distinctive portrait!</p><p><br /></p><p>This one unfortunately suffers from striking issues, but we can see a beardless portrait with a large, almond-shaped eye and a long, pointed nose. The nostrils and lips are a bit confused, but there appears to be a moustache coming from the upper lip. The potrait&#039;s hat is a cone hovering above the brim, and has some indistinct decorations on it. The ear is a bit large and round for this series, and the earring beads are extra large below it. The hair bun star has been replaced with what looks like an X (right below the hat, next to the rear ribbon), and there are mystery pellets surrounding it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, we can see that the bottom portion of the right ribbon originates from the king&#039;s lips, almost like he is blowing smoke. Compare to Coin 7 above, and it is not difficult to argue that this coin is probably a derivative; the celator ran out of room before the shoulder pads, and had to drop the extra line.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is somewhat obscured by flat-struck areas, but we can see the fire altar features prominently in the center. The flames are probably 4-3-2-1. Breaking from the formula, we can clearly see that the base of the fire altar sports <i>four</i> layers, not three! The shaft is a small unadorned line, and once again the ribbons are a confused mess of dots clustered around the center. Here we can prominently see that the moon is on the left, and there is a large pellet within the crescent.</p><p><br /></p><p>The attendants are tall, thin, have long arms and curving backs, large prominent necklaces, and a dress hem that forks at the bottom. The legs have been replaced with two pellets beneath the dress.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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