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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3243975, member: 19463&quot;]I read TS delta</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh1234.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>FH2 &#039;sitting&#039; is one of the four major poses and not all that uncommon.&nbsp; The new kid on the block is where the victim is struggling to get back on his feet from the seated position and has space under him rather than being seated on the ground.&nbsp; The whole concept of FH numbered poses is artificial created by numismatists who can&#039;t agree on the number (3, 4, more?) and exactly where to draw a line between FH1 and FH4 among finer points.&nbsp; We will have to wait for a really comprehensive rethinking of the whole matter to be published by someone who devotes decades to looking at tens of thousands coins.&nbsp; Then we will know more than we do now and less than our great grandchildren will.</p><p>What is this?&nbsp; FH2.5 struggling?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>FH2.6???&nbsp; This is kneeling and a bit more raised than the one above.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849834[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>FH2.7????&nbsp; This coin bothers me.&nbsp; There is a leg under the horse&#039;s head that&nbsp; is shaped more like a horse leg but turned like it belongs to the man.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to talk to the cutter and ask what he was trying to show here.&nbsp; Because of the Christmas balls on the horse&#039;s rump and Santa hat on the victim, I have always had a special fondness for this one.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849835[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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