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A work made of bronze.

Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche

2nd-1st century BCE

Greek; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

Ancient Greece

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 right, with her left hand resting on a short column. The goddess Nike stands in her left hand.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium