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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5246254, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coin and write-up, RC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this year I got my first and only Three Graces coin in a lot of Provincials - it is a pretty poor specimen - more like Two and a Half Graces:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218430[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Domna&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 16</b></p><p><b>(193-217 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis </b></p><p>IOYΛIA Δ[O]MNA CЄB, draped bust right / [MAPKIA]NO[Π]OΛЄITΩN, Three Graces</p><p>standing facing, first holds an amphora, third holds a wreath.</p><p>AMNG 605 var. (obv. legend);</p><p>Varbanov 887 var. (same).</p><p>(6.14 grams / 23 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Slightly off topic, but since I just got a Volusian yesterday, I am going to toss it out here.&nbsp; This came from my local dealer.&nbsp; He wasn&#039;t sure what it was exactly, so priced it at $20, which seemed reasonable for a Volusian of any sort. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218431[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Volusian&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Billon Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 251-253 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria, <b>Antiochia ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></b></p><p>ΑΥΤΟ]Κ Κ Γ ΑΦ[ΙΝ] ΓΑΛ ΟΥƐΝΔ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹ[Ϲ]ΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ[Ɛ]Β, radiate, draped bust [••••]below / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, eagle standing left, head right, tail right, wreath in beak, Δ between legs, SC beneath.&nbsp; </p><p>RPC IX, 1804; Prieur 700 (2); McAlee 1188d; Mionnet V, 333.</p><p>(10.05 grams / 25 mm)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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