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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584998, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.8 Coin 2</p><p>23mm</p><p>3.84g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956977[/ATTACH] </p><p>This one is a good illustration of how difficult these coins can be to categorize. At a quick glance, this would belong with 1.1.5, which is where I had it initially. Despite the encrustations and very shallow relief, this coin is in excellent condition for the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like 1.1.6, the portrait is realistically proportioned. Unlike the other coins of this series the eye is set within a circular eye socket, with a line protruding from the back to simulate the Asiatic eye. The nose is short, angled at about 45 degrees, and the nostril is a dot sitting on the cheek a short distance away. The lips are dashes, and there appears to be part of a moustache originating from between the nostril and upper lip, which is now mostly worn away. The beard is a single row of tight, medium-sized dots. The cheek is sort of like a rounded-out Idaho. The ear is tall and narrow, and has a solid line within it. The earring is the standard type with two pearls attached to chains, although the third pearl is not visible. The hair bun is a pom-pom shape, rounded but indistinct. The necklace originates from about mid-jaw, wraps downward and follows the jaw line up to the ear. The shoulder pads are large club shapes, surrounded by dots. The hat bowl is</p><p>wide, reasonably tall, and extends directly from the beard in the rear and meets the nose in the front. The brim is a single dotted line, extending to the ends of the die on either side. The wings are barely visible, but appear to be shaped like cornucopiae, opening toward the bowl of the hat. The front ribbon originates from the shoulder pad, curves twice in the bottom, and joins directly with the lowest line of the upper portion; again forming what looks like the late Brahmi &quot;Ha&quot;. The rear ribbon originates from the die border and roughly follows the curvature of the front, adding extra length to fill in the</p><p>empty space above the shoulder. Again it joins the lower line of the upper ribbon to form what looks like Brahmi &quot;Ha&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The fire altar unfortunately is heavily worn and obscured by encrustations. It is tall, relatively narrow, and seems to follow the standard 4-3-2-1 pattern of flame dots. The shaft is a small dot at the center, and no ribbons are visible. The moon is visible as a crescent with central dot in the upper right, but the sun is not visible. The attendants are the most important feature for inclusion into 1.1.8, and they are characteristically degenerate. The upper portion of their bodies are well-formed; they have a large, round head sitting atop a solid necklace and clear breasts below that. The arm is long, joins sharply at the elbow, and the forearm is wavy. The inner arm is short, and seems to run from the necklace to the hand of the outer arm. The dress is made of extremely large crudely engraved herringbones, and maintains the same width all the way down to the two teardrop-shaped legs below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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