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Message:: [QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3584971, member: 98035"]1.1.3 Coin 322mm3.98g[ATTACH=full]956949[/ATTACH] Here is a rare sighting - a nearly fully struck coin! The portrait on this example is nearly identical to our Coin 2, although it is more crudely engraved, most notably with fewer dots in the beard. An important distinction is that the hat has shrunk considerably, although it is still tall and narrow with elaborate wings. Due to the slightly smaller size of this coin, the ribbons seem crammed in at the corners - note how the lower portion of the rear ribbon is almost nonexistent. The reverse is still attractively proportioned, although the fire seems a bit tightly clustered at the top. Contrasting with coin 1, here we see the sun on the left (engraved by making a central dot, and adding rays, some of which are crooked) and presumably the moon on the right. The attendants are somewhat more stylized here, curving backwards more sharply, and with extra tall heads that pass over the border of the die. The thorns are much more prominent here, and the breasts are more clearly engraved beneath the necklace. Still in line with the schema for this type, the elbow meets at a nearly 90 degree angle, and the lower arm curves.[/QUOTE]