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A work made of bronze.

Coin Depicting the Goddess Kybele

2nd-1st century BCE

Greek; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

Smyrna

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a head of the goddess Kybele, facing right. On the back (reverse) is a statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis standing, facing right and holding Nike in her extended left arm that rests on a short column.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium