THRACE, Pautalia. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Pentassarion (31mm, 15.14 g, 1h). Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 205-209. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 589. Estimated: $ 500

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THRACE, Pautalia. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Pentassarion (31mm, 15.14 g, 1h). Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 205-209. Draped bust right / The Three Graces (Charites) standing, arms around each other’s shoulders; the outer two pouring wine from a kantharos. Tachev Pautalia 34 (O7/R34 – this coin); Ruzicka 449 var. (legends); Varbanov 4880 var. (same); Staal 18.1.1 var. (same). Green patina with some red, smoothing, flan crack. Good VF. Extremely rare, only this coin known to Tachev, two others in CoinArchives of inferior quality.

Ex Berk BBS 211 (30 June 2020), lot 434; Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1519.

The Three Graces (or Charites) were goddesses of beauty, charm, and amusement, the embodiment of loveliness in all its aspects. Although their names varied from place to place, the most commonly encountered are Aglaea (“Beauty”), Euphrosyne (“Cheer”), and Thalia (“Flowering”). Over time an artistic convention of depicting the Graces developed: the three deities were typically shown undraped, each with one arm placed on the figure adjacent to them, the central figure standing facing the opposite direction as the others. They are typically depicted holding a cantharus but other items are often represented such as: wreathes, grain ears, flowers, and some, as at Anazarbus, sacrifice over altars. The reverse attributes varied based on the cities they represented.

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CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Three – Lot 588-888 will be held Tuesday morning, 19 May 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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