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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584995, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.7 Coin 5</p><p>23mm</p><p>4.06g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956973[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a more recent purchase, but brings us back to Coin 1 of the series, albeit with a less complete but sharper strike. Again we see a tall narrow head characterized by a long, near vertical nose. The eye is an unadorned dot sitting in its socket, which is topped by a prominent, angular eyebrow that connects the nose to the cheek. The nose descends at about a 30 degree slope, and the nostril is a dot sitting atop the cheek. The lips are two dots below this, and we can clearly see the moustache, which runs beneath the nostril and cheek before merging with it. Two rows of beard dots are present, the innermost of which curiously seems to wrap inward to fill the gap behind the eyebrow. The ear is not present, but we can see the telltale inverted Y earring. The hat is mostly flat, but we can see the brim, part of the bowl, and the bottom of the forward wing. The neck here is present; a sort of bean shape beneath the beard that is surrounded by an extra line and a beaded necklace. The ribbon is made up of a double-line lower portion leading to a somewhat small and narrow upper portion, where each line terminates in a smaller, vertical line, not a dot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not much of use is present on the reverse, unfortunately. The fire altar is tall, thin, and is topped with a solid triangular block of flames. The shaft is flat-struck, and the ribbons sag dramatically toward the attendants&#039; hands. The sun is a large pom-pom and the moon is not present. We can see enough of the attendants at least to know that they are tall, lanky, wear dramatic herringbone dresses, and their elbows meet at about a 90 degree angle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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