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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;icerain, post: 2668514, member: 34514&quot;]You all know my fascination with Julia Domna since I started getting into Roman coins. I was also into the Three Graces, and when I first found the subject on them I knew I had to have a coin depicting them. At first the ones I saw featured Commodus which wasn&#039;t a bad choice, but the price threw me off. Especially since I was just starting my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as The Three Graces go, this is the sculpture at The Met. Museum for those that haven&#039;t seen it before</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/gr/web-large/DP222664.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>and here is a little history about The Three Graces from the Museum</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>These young girls, linked in a dance-like pose, represent The Three Graces: Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Abundance). They bestow what is most pleasurable and beneficent in nature and society: fertility and growth, beauty in the arts, harmonious reciprocity between men. They enjoyed venerable cults in Greece and Asia Minor. In mythology, they play an attendant role, gracing festivals and organizing dances. Their closest connection is with Aphrodite, whom they serve as handmaidens.</p><p>This carefully calculated, frieze-like composition is typical of classicizing art of the second and first centuries B.C. Instantly recognizable, it soon became the canonic formula for representing the Graces, who appeared in every medium and on every kind of object, from mirrors to sarcophagi</p><p><br /></p><p>When I saw this coin come up I jumped on it. The combination of Julia Domna and The Three Graces on one coin? Pretty good condition plus an okayish price? Its mine. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92703a_9cac360f6a7c46e4944b29837100b6be~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1039,h_520,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/92703a_9cac360f6a7c46e4944b29837100b6be~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Markianopolis, Moesia. </p><p>193-217 A.D. </p><p>AE23 , 6.6g</p><p>o: IOVLIA DOMNA CEB, draped bust right </p><p>r: MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩN, the Three Graces standing, Grace 1 with head right, Graces 2 and 3 with heads left, the two outer ones holding vases </p><p>Varbanov 889 var.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know, feel free to post anything related or just anything you want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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