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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584961, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.2 Coin 10</p><p>21mm</p><p>3.93g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956945[/ATTACH]</p><p>The style here is quite a bit different than the other coins of 1.1.2 - I am not even entirely certain where to place it. It is here only by virtue of lacking a beard.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait is well-centered, carefully engraved, and fully struck - these types are almost without exception. The head shape is quite distinct with a large square cheek, squared off jaw, and a brow that runs from the back of the head and becomes the nose. The hat is a tall semicircle, and we can somewhat see the orb above it. The wings are rather simply engraved, and shaped like downward-facing cornucopiae. The ear is small, simply engraved, and the earring seems to only have two earrings. The hair bun is a filled in, thick star of six rays. The necklace is a single row of beads, and there is no visible neck. The shoulder pads on mine appear as a solid shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most unusual characteristic of this coin is that the top portion of both the front and rear ribbons is only two lines, not three! This is the only coin type in this entire track that has a visible ribbon of only two lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fire altar here is tall and somewhat narrower than the previous coins. The shaft has taken a somewhat diamond or lozenge shape. The flame follows the 4-3-2-1 pattern, and sadly the sun and moon are not visible on my specimen. The ribbons are a short, simple string of dots held by each attendant.</p><p><br /></p><p>The attendants here are quite striking, almost serpentine in appearance! The head is an unadorned pellet sitting atop a crescent necklace with no beads, and the two breasts lay just below. Beneath the breasts begins the dress, here with extremely prominent thorns that curve into almost an S shape. The arm is long and curves smoothly at the elbow. The back arm almost seems to attach to the shoulder and moves down to the bottom line of the fire altar bowl. It is difficult to tell whether the dress simply ends at the die border, or whether there are tiny pellet legs below.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin type seems to be a bit more common than others-- I have one, Maheshwari illustrates six, and they periodically appear at auctions. Example:</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=98580" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=98580" rel="nofollow">https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=98580</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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