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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584990, member: 98035&quot;]<b>1.1.7 - Line Style II - Tall head</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Another commonly seen type, these all share roughly the same tall, thin head that in a way reminds me of the character &quot;Beaker&quot; from the Muppets. These are engraved in a similar line style as 1.1.6, but can show slightly higher relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consideration points for the type:</p><p>- The head is tall, but narrow</p><p>- The cheek is somewhat ovoid, engraved in relief, and connects directly to the hat via a bridge behind the eye</p><p>- The eye is an unadorned dot in a large socket</p><p>- The nose is large, nearly vertical, and connects directly to the brim of the hat</p><p>- The top of the hat is a solid semicircle surrounded by dots. It usually connects to the cheek.</p><p>- The lips are dashes. A moustache extends from the upper lip onto the cheek, touching it.</p><p>- The fire altar attendants are tall, thin, and have very exaggerated herringbone dresses, which terminate in a very wide hem.</p><p>- The fire altar is tall, somewhat wide, and the shaft is a simple pillar</p><p>- The flames are tightly clustered rows of dots; again with up to 7 rows with as many as 9 dots in the lower row.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.1.7 Coin 1</p><p>24mm 3.72g[ATTACH=full]956969[/ATTACH] </p><p>The similarity between this and the last coin in 1.1.6 is not difficult to see. This is, believe it or not, much better struck and preserved than is normal for this type. The weight is lighter, probably due to moderate wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>The head is narrow and about twice as tall as it is wide. The eye is a simple dot sitting in a socket that connects to a gap between the nose and nostril. The nose is nearly vertical, and the nostril is a dot closer to the cheek than the nose. A prominent, somewhat squarish brow is present, jutting out slightly over the nose, and curving downward onto the cheek. The lips are slightly closer to dots than dashes here, but we can see that the upper lip is connected to the moustache (mostly worn away) and the lower lip was given a little extra length. The beard is a double row of dots wrapping from the chin behind the cheek, and up into the hat. The ear is high, small, and sports an earring with at least two pearls both connected to a single chain coming from the earlobe. The hair bun is an indistinct solid pom-pom shape behind the earring. The forward ribbon has a double lower portion and modestly sized upper portion, ending in vertical dashes. The brim of the hat extends to the edge of the die on both sides, and the bowl of the hat is conservatively proportioned. The wings are medium sized and ornate, curving in on themselves toward the top. We can see part of the bottom of the orb (korymbos) above the head.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fire altar is tall and takes up about the middle third of the coin. The flames are so tightly clustered they nearly make a solid block, but individual flame dots can bee seen. There are at least five dots in the lower row and at least six rows of dots. The bowl is slightly larger than the base, and the lines are spaced slightly further apart. The shaft is a pillar, and the ribbons droop in the middle. The attendants are both tall with exaggerated herringbone dresses that flare out at the bottom, revealing legs made of rows of dots. The arms are long and join sharply at the elbow. The sun is visible as a pom pom shape at the upper left, and the moon is a large crescent with a central dot in the upper right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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