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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3075582, member: 57495&quot;]One of my favorite coins is this Three Graces from Marcianopolis.&nbsp; The one on the left holds a water jug and has a dolphin at her feet, whereas the one on the right holds a wreath and has a jug at her feet.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]773563[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE25. 7.69g, 25mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis, circa AD 177-192. H&amp;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.&nbsp; 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><i><br /></i></p><p>I have a couple of earlier coins with trios of local nymphs.&nbsp; This one is from Thermai Himerensis (Himera) in Sicily, which was famous for its hot springs.&nbsp; The veiled one in the middle may be the eponymous city nymph, with the flanking ones possibly just generic naiads.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]773567[/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 München 370; Sear 1113. O: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headress; club on shoulder. R: ΘΕΡΜΙΤΑΝ, three nymphs standing facing, middle one wearing a veil.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This 1st century BC Illyrian drachm shows the three nymphs of Apollonia&#039;s nymphaeum dancing around its famous fire (between the feet of the second and third nymph).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]773568[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>AR Drachm. 3.26g, 20.4mm, ILLYRIA, Apollonia, circa mid-late 1st century BC. Maier 135; SNG Copenhagen 405 var. (magistrate). O: Laureate head of Apollo left; APXHN to left. R: Three nymphs dancing around the Fire of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; NIKANOP in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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