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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3245160, member: 75937&quot;]I don&#039;t have a drinking vessel as a primary design element (that&#039;s a Greek thing), but I do have this Roman provincial featuring some nymphs carrying some water pitchers. You may read more about this coin <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/">here</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850454[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 7.77 g, 24.2 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA CEB, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, three nymphs standing facing, wearing tunics over long, lightly billowing skirts and clasping hands, the two outer nymphs with heads turned inwards and each holding a jug in her free hand.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 892 var (obv. legend); Staal 89.15 (plate 3, fig. 15, p. 157); BMC --; Moushmov --; SGI --; AMNG I (Pick) --; Lindgren --; Winsemann --</p><p>Note: Obverse and reverse die match to Staal plate coin (Gorny &amp; Mosch Auction 108, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=79615" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=79615" rel="nofollow">lot 1421</a>, April 3, 2001).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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