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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8341919, member: 80952&quot;]Hello ladies and gentlemen,</p><p>I was looking at an auction today and managed to get 4 coins, I consider all of them good additions (especially one of them, I bet [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] will like it as it has one of his favorite reverses - hint - <b>not a MSC, yep, you guessed it, Ryro</b>). But for that one I am waiting an opinion from an expert here and will post it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin I want to present in this thread has a reverse I always wanted to get but never managed to grab one until today. It has the Three Graces. </p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.com/media/img/auction_lots/2483/2759404_1650446287.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(14g 37mm Bronze) CILICIA, Tarsus. Maximinus I. 235-238 AD. AE</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜƐΙΝΟϹ Π Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / Rev: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ Α Μ Κ Γ Β,&nbsp; the three Graces standing facing with arms around each other, one head l., the others head r., each holding flower. </p><p>RPC VI, 7113 (temporary); SNG Levante 1096, BMC 233–4</p><p><br /></p><p>A big chunky 37 mm coin (the largest in my collection. I am curious if the weight is only 14 g as it might be an error from the house) - what&#039;s not to like? And of course, as many other collectors, I always like when I win a coin related to mythology. </p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p>In Greek mythology, the Charites /ˈkærɪtiːz/ (Χάριτες [kʰáritɛs]), singular Charis, or Graces, were three or more goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, goodwill, and fertility. Hesiod names three – Aglaea (&quot;Shining&quot;), Euphrosyne (&quot;Joy&quot;), and Thalia (&quot;Blooming&quot;) – and names Aglaea as the youngest and the wife of Hephaestus. In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the &quot;Graces&quot;. Some sources use the appellation &quot;Charis&quot; as the name of one of the Charites, and equate her with Aglaea, as she too is referred to as the wife of Hephaestus.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Charites were usually considered the daughters of Zeus and Oceanid Eurynome. Rarely, they were said to be daughters of Dionysus and Coronis or of Helios and the Naiad Aegle or of Hera by an unnamed father.] Other possible names of their mother by Zeus are Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe. Homer identified them as part of the retinue of Aphrodite. The Charites were also associated with the Greek underworld and the Eleusinian Mysteries.</p><p><br /></p><p>In post-classical painting and sculpture, the three Charites are often depicted naked or almost naked, but during the Archaic and Classical periods of Greece, they were typically depicted as fully clothed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post coins with less common mythologic characters, large coins or whatever you feel related.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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