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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3585017, member: 98035&quot;]<b>1.1.9.2 - Closing Series II - Proto-Chavada type face, atypical attendants</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This series is interesting in that nearly every specimen I have seen (not many!) is almost exactly alike, yet none are die-matched. It has the diagnostic fire altar with hanging ribbons, yet the portrait style, attendants, and fire altar would otherwise place it very early in this series. Unlike most other coins, the attendants of these series have bodies engraved in relief, the herringbones engraved on top; thus on worn specimens (and most of these are) they appear to not have herringbones at all! The portrait also is approaching series 1.2, which we will call the Chavada type for convenience. Most importantly, it is engraved in relief, and it is becoming much more difficult to discern the head from the headgear.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.1.9.2 Coin 1</p><p>21mm</p><p>4.00g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956984[/ATTACH] </p><p>This first coin is the most worn, but still gives some interesting insights. The portrait is tall, engraved in relief, and seems to be almost seamlessly merged with the headgear. The eye is a dot sitting within its socket, and the nose is a slanted, relatively long line. The nostril is a dot and sits between the nose and cheek. The lips are dots, and a mustache extends from the upper lip down to the jaw. The beard is engraved on the portrait in relief, and here is mostly worn away. The ear is barely visible, but we can see a hanging two-pearl earring in the usual upside down Y shape. The neck is a small crescent beneath the portrait, and is lined with a small necklace of pearls. The helmet and wings are not visible. The shoulder pads are large clubs beneath the portrait, each outlined in dots. The ribbon initially seems to be rather ordinary, but look closely and you will notice that it originates from the shoulder pad and loops around on itself before falling into the normal backwards S shape. The upper portion is made of three horizontal lines which are well-engraved and tightly spaced.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fire altar is tall and thin, with the flame being made of very tightly clustered dots so that most seem to blend together. The bowl and base are mirror images of each other, and the shaft seems to be a star. The ribbons hang to the side. The sun is a small pom pom to the upper left, and the moon is a semicircle with a central dot at the upper right. The attendants each have medium sized circular heads with necklaces made of about five dots. Their breasts are prominent right beneath the necklace. The body is the most fascinating and unusual feature; it curves gracefully in an almost serpentine fashion. Herringbones are visible beneath the breasts, but otherwise the bodies appear to be solid. The attendants&#039; shoulders are lined up with the top of the fire altar bowl, so the altar-side arm hangs down rather than in an upwards salute. The far arm is a single curved line and crosses across the stomach, gesturing toward the ribbon. No feet or legs are visible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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