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A work made of bronze.

Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche

98-192

Roman; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

Smyrna

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a draped and turreted head of the goddess Tyche facing to the right. On the back (reverse), a lion is depicted, walking to the right.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium