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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 the head of the goddess Kybele, facing right. On the back (reverse), the goddess Aphrodite Stratonikis is depicted standing to the right with her left hand resting on a short column and supporting a figure of the goddess Nike.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium