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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3584973, member: 98035"]1.1.4 Coin 2</p><p>23mm</p><p>3.80g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956951[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sadly, the face of this coin is obscured by a flat-struck area; I do feel however that it shares enough features with the previous coin to be placed here. As with Coin 1, we can see a conservatively sized hat with an antenna at the top. The wings are still ornately engraved, but are much smaller now. The brim of the hat is wide, and seems to curve upward slightly. We can see a broad neck, and large, patterned shoulder pads connected at a central brooch.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fire altar is tall and wide, and shows the same tiny lozenge shaft. Curiously, the flame is not textured at all - it is simply a solid triangular block. The ribbons are somewhat longer, beaded, but still are nearly horizontal coming from the shaft. The moon is on the left, and the sun appears to be a few dots clustered at the right. The attendants sadly are not especially clear, but are quite different than the attendant on Coin 1. The left attendant shows us that the dress most closely resembles 1.1.2 Coin 4 - there are no visible thorns, and the dress beneath the arm is a block, with a slanting hem that hangs off to the side. The legs are both strings of dots, and the arm is a singular, smoothly curving line that holds the ribbon. The right attendant shows about the same, although we can now see that the arm gesturing toward the fire altar is extremely small, almost nonexistent. The necklace is beaded, and the head is a small oval that does not pass over the die border.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3584973, member: 98035"]1.1.4 Coin 2 23mm 3.80g [ATTACH=full]956951[/ATTACH] Sadly, the face of this coin is obscured by a flat-struck area; I do feel however that it shares enough features with the previous coin to be placed here. As with Coin 1, we can see a conservatively sized hat with an antenna at the top. The wings are still ornately engraved, but are much smaller now. The brim of the hat is wide, and seems to curve upward slightly. We can see a broad neck, and large, patterned shoulder pads connected at a central brooch. The fire altar is tall and wide, and shows the same tiny lozenge shaft. Curiously, the flame is not textured at all - it is simply a solid triangular block. The ribbons are somewhat longer, beaded, but still are nearly horizontal coming from the shaft. The moon is on the left, and the sun appears to be a few dots clustered at the right. The attendants sadly are not especially clear, but are quite different than the attendant on Coin 1. The left attendant shows us that the dress most closely resembles 1.1.2 Coin 4 - there are no visible thorns, and the dress beneath the arm is a block, with a slanting hem that hangs off to the side. The legs are both strings of dots, and the arm is a singular, smoothly curving line that holds the ribbon. The right attendant shows about the same, although we can now see that the arm gesturing toward the fire altar is extremely small, almost nonexistent. The necklace is beaded, and the head is a small oval that does not pass over the die border.[/QUOTE]
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