Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche
2nd-1st century BCE
Bronze
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a turreted head of the goddess Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is a statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis standing, facing forward and holding Nike in her extended left arm that on a column. She holds a sceptre in her right hand.
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