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A work made of bronze.

Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche

98-117

Roman; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

Smyrna

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is Homonoia, standing to the left and holding a patera (dish) and cornucopiae.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium