Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche
2nd-1st century BCE
Greek; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)
Smyrna
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.
Bronze