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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 4937258, member: 89514&quot;]I have a Three Graces denarius too, acquired from Dionysos, eBay, 28 May 2014; from the same dies as the Valencia museum specimen that you illustrate above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the aureus you show, Staal&#039;s denarius, and the BM denarius have Faustina&#039;s latest lifetime hairstyle, which continues for her as Diva. Your specimen, Valencia&#039;s, and mine, however, have a different and presumably slightly earlier coiffure, with several rows of waved hair descending diagonally from the top of her head towards her bun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two noteworthy features of your reverse: a broad throne back, apparently extended so that it could surround the top half of the transverse scepter; and the footstool below Venus&#039; feet, which was omitted on the aureus shown above and on the BM denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first glance, this Three Graces denarius would appear to be recorded in BMC, p. 407, no. *, citing an article in Revue belge de Num. 1880, p. 62. However that coin is actually an aureus in the Lyon collection; BMC was mistaken to call it a denarius![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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