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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2966311, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m leaning towards a pouring type, and the six little projections are decorative.&nbsp; See the sketch and Photoshop alteration in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/page-2#post-2966137" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/page-2#post-2966137">post #22</a> in this thread.&nbsp; Could the six projections be hollow?&nbsp; Is the thing a sprinkler?&nbsp; Seems possible.&nbsp; Thank you for the ideas <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like it is sitting on a pillowed platform similar to the canopic statues on the other bronze coins shown in the first post:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]727038[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The base also resembles this Osiris canopus from Hadrian&#039;s villa:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffollowinghadrian.files.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F05%2F34543292601_07c50e306c_h.jpg&amp;hash=6d1a7ea20a9fa4a2854565bea46e6e5c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">The God Osiris-Canopus, from Hadrian’s Villa, 131-138 AD. Vatican Museums (Gregoriano Egizio); from<a href="https://followinghadrian.com/2017/05/16/art-and-sculptures-from-hadrians-villa-osiris-canopus-jar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://followinghadrian.com/2017/05/16/art-and-sculptures-from-hadrians-villa-osiris-canopus-jar/" rel="nofollow">FollowingHadrian.com</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Whether or not that pillowed platform is part of the real-life object or a resting place from which the object can be removed... I don&#039;t know (but I&#039;m betting an integral part of the object).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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