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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4032663, member: 98035&quot;]Thanks guys!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] and [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] the coin in question is just a really off-center obverse strike. It is the ribbon in front of the nose, and the things coming out of the top are what&#039;s left over of the wings flanking the helmet. It isn&#039;t typical that these are so far off-center, but this isn&#039;t the first time I&#039;ve seen it, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>What really stood out to me was this one</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059486[/ATTACH] </p><p>At first I thought this was the holy grail of the series - an overstrike! But sadly, this is not the hair bun of a 1.2 coin but rather the center of the fire altar, so a flip-over double strike which is still cool in it&#039;s own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, I spotted two interesting coins from the tail end of series 1.2 (chin not attached to the head)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059489[/ATTACH] </p><p>The one on the right has the typical shoulder pads, but the one on the left has the early 1.3 style shoulder pads - reinforcing my theory that there is little or no political divide between the two series - they were probably made by the same dynasty, but the chief engraver felt creative one day![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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