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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584987, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.6 Coin 2</p><p>23mm</p><p>4.07g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956967[/ATTACH] </p><p>This was my first coin from this series! Despite the dark patina and striking issues, this coin exemplifies the portrait style of this type quite well. Of particular note, the eye is well formed, with a dot pupil set within a circular socket with a small line protruding from the behind. Contrasting with coin 1, the ear is larger, set a little lower on the head, has a dot in the middle (I assume standing for the ear opening, although it could be an earring), but this time only two pearls are visible on the earring. The hat again is small and rounded, and we can see the lower crescent, but not the orb. Two pellets flank the top of the hat, between the wings and the orb.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse unfortunately is poorly struck. The fire altar thankfully is mostly complete; we can clearly see four rows of fire dots (about 2-3 are off flan), and the bottom row has seven flame dots. The shaft is a simple pillar, and the ribbon this time is large and again droops dramatically in the middle. On the left side we can clearly see a single dot hovering in the middle of the droop - I am not sure of its significance, if there is any. The attendants are too weakly struck to provide any meaningful insights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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