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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3584994, member: 98035"]1.1.7 Coin 4</p><p>22mm</p><p>3.76g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956972[/ATTACH] </p><p>This rather worn specimen doesn't show us much about the series, but it does show a little bit. The portrait is worn to the point that the face and hat merge seamlessly; the beard is totally lost, and the eye is not distinct. The hat again seems to have a single-layer brim, and the wings are small. The ribbon closely matches that of coin 3, but the upper portion is more tightly clustered toward the hat.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fire altar here takes the usual form; only the bottom row of flames is visible as dots; the rest are just a solid block. The altar shaft is little more than just a lozenge, but the ribbon again originates from the bottom of the bowl, droops to the top of the base, and then goes back up to the attendant's hand. The sun is entirely off-flan, but the moon presents as a crescent of dots with a central dot. Again, the attendant is tall, thin, has a long arm that joins sharply at the elbow, and wears a herringbone dress that forks out at the hem. We can clearly see here that the head passes over the die border.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3584994, member: 98035"]1.1.7 Coin 4 22mm 3.76g [ATTACH=full]956972[/ATTACH] This rather worn specimen doesn't show us much about the series, but it does show a little bit. The portrait is worn to the point that the face and hat merge seamlessly; the beard is totally lost, and the eye is not distinct. The hat again seems to have a single-layer brim, and the wings are small. The ribbon closely matches that of coin 3, but the upper portion is more tightly clustered toward the hat. The fire altar here takes the usual form; only the bottom row of flames is visible as dots; the rest are just a solid block. The altar shaft is little more than just a lozenge, but the ribbon again originates from the bottom of the bowl, droops to the top of the base, and then goes back up to the attendant's hand. The sun is entirely off-flan, but the moon presents as a crescent of dots with a central dot. Again, the attendant is tall, thin, has a long arm that joins sharply at the elbow, and wears a herringbone dress that forks out at the hem. We can clearly see here that the head passes over the die border.[/QUOTE]
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