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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5248881, member: 57495"]Nice pickup, RC! One of my favorite reverse types. </p><p><br /></p><p>Three Graces, unclothed:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218678[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE25. 7.69g, 25mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. H&J 6.10.26.4 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>); RPC IV online 4319; AMNG I 540; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads). O: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ, the Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds oinochoe over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over oinochoe.</p><p><i>Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection, ex Alexandre de Barros Collection (CNG E143, 12 July 2006, lot 115), ex CNG 47 (16 Sep 1998) lot 833</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Three nymphs, all covered up:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218680[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SICILY, Himera (as Thermai Himerensis)</b></p><p>AE Hemilitron. 6.72g, 23.2mm. SICILY, Himera (as Thermai Himerensis), circa after 252 BC. CNS 22; SNG Cop 323; Sear 1113; Lindgren II 466. O: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headress; club on shoulder. R: TEPMITAN, Three nymphs standing facing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5248881, member: 57495"]Nice pickup, RC! One of my favorite reverse types. Three Graces, unclothed: [ATTACH=full]1218678[/ATTACH] [B]COMMODUS[/B] AE25. 7.69g, 25mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. H&J 6.10.26.4 ([I]this coin illustrated[/I]); RPC IV online 4319; AMNG I 540; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads). O: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ, the Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds oinochoe over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over oinochoe. [I]Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection, ex Alexandre de Barros Collection (CNG E143, 12 July 2006, lot 115), ex CNG 47 (16 Sep 1998) lot 833[/I] Three nymphs, all covered up: [ATTACH=full]1218680[/ATTACH] [B]SICILY, Himera (as Thermai Himerensis)[/B] AE Hemilitron. 6.72g, 23.2mm. SICILY, Himera (as Thermai Himerensis), circa after 252 BC. CNS 22; SNG Cop 323; Sear 1113; Lindgren II 466. O: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headress; club on shoulder. R: TEPMITAN, Three nymphs standing facing.[/QUOTE]
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