Name a More Iconic Trio...

I saw this meme on reddit, and decided to add something extra!

The Cheras of Kongu clan from Karur, depicting bow and arrow (1200-1400s).

The Chola gold (1014-1044) denotes Rajendra Chola's subjugation of Cheras (bow behind tiger), and Pandyas (twin fishes).

The Pandyan coin (1200s) depict a seated king with fish and a scepter, after becoming independent form the Cholas.

 

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Um....

 

Great thread Jay

Here are a couple of my Chola related coins....

 

The three graces? I honestly do not know who the three women in the OP's post are. By their looks, it does not look like they contributed to humanity like scientists or poets.

 

The Three Musketeers

 

Yuk, yuk, and yuk... The 3 Mouseketeers!

 

3 Zecchini

Duchy of Tuscany
Pietro Leopoldo of Habsburg (future HRE Leoplold II 1790-92)
AV Ruspone (3 zecchini 1781)

 

Three Kings

 

Kingston Trio

 

I honestly have no idea who the three ladies in the OP's image are – but to me, these three brothers are "iconic:"


Seljuq Sultanate of Rum, under Kayka'us II, Qilij Arslan IV, Kayqubad II ("the three brothers"), citing caliph al-Musta'sim, AR dirham, 1249–1250 AD (647 AH), Siwas mint. Obv: kalima and citation of caliph "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah al-imam / al-musta'sim billah amir al-mu / 'minin;" afterwards mint and date formula for Siwas 647 AH. Rev: names and titles of the three brothers: "al-salatin al-a'azim / 'izz al-dunya wa ud-din kay kawus / wa rukn al-dunya wa ud-din qilij arslan / wa ’ala al-dunya wa ud-din kayqubad / ibn kay khusraw barahin amir al-mu’minin." 23mm, 3,02g. Ref: Album 1227.

 

I'm surprised that none of our resident Flavian specialists have posted this trio already.

 

They are also known as the, "Three Bimbos"

 

A nice paper money version of this trio has already been shown by @scottishmoney, but here's a coin version from the days of Antoninus Pius:


BTW: Opinion statement from an old man: This trio of ladies are arguably antithetic to the trio of women posted by the OP as the first image in this thread. ;-o

 

Drei Hellige "Three Saints"
Wurzburg/ Bistum
Prince Bishop Franz Ludwig von Erthal 1779-95
AV Dukat 1785 Wurzburg Mint
Rev: St' Kilian flanked by Two Saints/ Arms of Wurzburg

 

Anybody got Caligula's three sisters?

 

"Three Lictors"