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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 5434519, member: 41219&quot;]Just like my fondness for any coin depicting Nike/Victory, my fondness for the Three Graces stems from a visit to the Louvre in 2003 and seeing a statue of them there.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Three_Graces_Louvre_Ma287.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Louvre Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.louvre.fr/sites/default/files/medias/medias_images/images/louvre-winged-victory-samothrace01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>© 2014 Musée du Louvre / Philippe Fuzeau</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t know that the Graces were on ancient coins until reading through a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-nymphs-not-three-graces.316058/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-nymphs-not-three-graces.316058/">really great thread</a> here on CT that was started by [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked and looked but couldn&#039;t find one that was within my small coin budget. Finally I saw on that I liked and watched it on vcoins for several months before it finally went on sale to make it affordable enough for me. There were several headaches with the purchase because of another coin that I bought along with it. I&#039;ve yet to receive a decent answer as to what the seller was doing on that end...but whatever. I&#039;m over it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, after journeying through the hell that is the current state of the USPS, my coin arrived today. I couldn&#039;t be happier with it.&nbsp; It is obviously not in the best condition but I think it is a good representation and will be a great piece until I can upgrade sometime down the road.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III</p><p>AE24</p><p>Markianopolis</p><p>Obverse: M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped bust right </p><p>Reverse: MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩN, the three Graces dancing together, the left one holding a kantharos</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your Graces, Nikes, coins from Markianopolis, coins&nbsp; in your collection that were inspired from seeing a piece of art/reading about something. Whatever you want! Thanks for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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