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A work made of bronze.

Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche

253-268 (?)

Roman; minted in Phokaia, Ionia

Rome

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a crowned head of the goddess Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is a galley (warship) with the two star-topped pilei (caps) of the Dioscuri above.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium