The Three Graces

348, Lot: 426. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (25mm, 7.69 g, 7h). Struck AD 178-180. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds amphora over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over amphora. H&J 6.10.26.4 (this coin illustrated); RPC IV online 4319; AMNG I 540; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads). VF, tan-brown surfaces.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Alexandre de Barros Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 143, 12 July 2006), lot 115; Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 833.